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1. The eruption of Vesuvius, 1779 [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1779]
- Call Number:
- 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 186. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and date from contemporary note in ink on a separate sheet, mounted below drawing., Unsigned; artist unidentified., and Mounted on page 186 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Vesuvius (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Eruption, 1779, Volcanoes, and Volcanic eruptions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The eruption of Vesuvius, 1779 [art original].
2. View of little parlour at Strawberry Hill [art original].
- Published / Created:
- Oct. 19, 1776.
- Call Number:
- 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 199. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title and date written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., and Mounted on page 199 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of little parlour at Strawberry Hill [art original].
3. View of the lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792 [art original]
- Creator:
- Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1792]
- Call Number:
- 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 192. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- View of the lake and Temple of Aesculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792
- Description:
- Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in pencil on verso., Mounted below on the same page is another drawing by the same artist: Ideal landscape., and Mounted on page 192 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy : Park)
- Subject (Name):
- Temple of Aesculapius (Rome, Italy),
- Subject (Topic):
- Lakes and Temples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of the lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792 [art original]
4. [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
- Creator:
- Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B995 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
- Alternative Title:
- Changing horses on the road to Paris
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Clermont (France) and France.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Changing horses at Clermont] [art original]
5. [Designs for Georgian playing cards] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1800 and 1820?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 96 Shelved in Object Room A:A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three playing cards, or transformation cards, drawn in pen and ink by an unidentified artist, showing caricatured figures using the shape of the pip, only hearts or diamonds (red watercolor) in this incomplete set. One of the cards (two hearts) features two gentlemen meeting. The other two cards (three of diamonds) feature a lady with a fan and two gentleman in one card; the other incomplete, has a lady with a fan and only one gentleman
- Description:
- In English., Title from dealer's description., and Cards appear to have been removed from an album; remains of paper and glue are present on verso of each card.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Designs for Georgian playing cards] [art original].
6. [Transformation playing cards] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 97 Shelved in Object Room A:A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of hand-drawn transformation playing cards using the suit symbols incorporated in the sketches of people in a variety of scenes, some clearly English, others continental. Two examples are a fireside scene illustrating a mother and child (and two others) seated in front of a fireplace with a hanging cauldron, and an illustration of an amorous couple enjoying a dance as a violinist plays stage left. The cards depict both black and white characters, all of whom are wealthy or of high status, including soldiers, bishops, and men and women in fashionable dress. At the top of one card above the head of a man who reads from a sheet as he addresses a woman who looks down demurely, are the words "Mio ben.". On the verso of two cards are inscriptions in English. The first shows a figure in Shakespearean-era costume on the front and on the back, a quote from Twelfth night (Act II, Scene 5): "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” A second shows a couple sitting across from each other with an empty table between and on the back three stanzas from William Cowper’s The Diverting History of John Gilpin, first published in 1782
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and In a later envelope inscribed 'Mlle. de Bernardy' and 'N. Anderson'.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Transformation playing cards] [art original].
7. [View of Piazza della Signoria in Florence with the Grand Duke's military guard] [art original].
- Creator:
- Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1782]
- Call Number:
- Drawings P294 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A small audience sitting on benches on a tribune next to the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici in Piazza della Signoria, watching a military parade of the guards of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena (1765-1790), son of the Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg and brother of Joseph II. The soldiers, forming an L-shaped cordon and led by four battalion officers, are recognizable by their tricorns and the bayonets. At the center of the square, under the grand building of Palazzo Vecchio, stands a troop of drummers. Figures in the the foreground include a group of cavalrymen bearing a banner and followed by a cart on the right; a lady and gentleman waiting for a landau carriage at center; and a figure, maybe a soldier on look-out, watching the scene in Palazzo Uguccioni's shadow on the left
- Description:
- Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on artist's death date.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Piazza della Signoria (Florence, Italy), and Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy),
- Subject (Topic):
- Plazas, Equestrian statues, Military parades & ceremonies, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [View of Piazza della Signoria in Florence with the Grand Duke's military guard] [art original].