Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Topos M627 no. 10+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Twickenham. [London] : Printed by I. Pushee: published by I.C. Barrow & G.I. Parkyns, Nottingham, 1790., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1790, by I.C. Barrow, No. 25 South Audley Street, & G.I. Parkyns Esqr., Nottingham and Printed by I. Pushee
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Topos M627 no. 10+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Twickenham. [London] : Printed by I. Pushee: published by I.C. Barrow & G.I. Parkyns, Nottingham, 1790., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; sheet 283 x 274 mm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1790, by I.C. Barrow, No. 25 South Audley Street, & G.I. Parkyns Esqr., Nottingham and Printed by I. Pushee
Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Title, statement of responsibility, and date on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., and Formerly mounted on page 24 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
A drawing by Bentley from across the lawn looking toward Strawberry Hill in the distance, behind trees (right); further on beyond is another estate (left) with smoke coming from a chimney. In the foreground are pools of water and tall grasses
Alternative Title:
View of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title in artist's hand below image., Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink below image., Watermark in center of sheet, lower half., and Formerly mounted on leaf 8 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan of the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with two small sketches of details also in ink but with some additions in graphite
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur de lis., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan for the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: GR with crown., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor of the view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the Thames River and the lawns
Description:
Title devised by curator., Companion drawing to his: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 1., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving for A description of the villa of Horace Walpole (1784) entitled: South front of Strawberry Hill., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
View of the north side of the house at Strawberry Hill, looking towards the screen leading into the Prior's garden. The exterior walls of the house rise above on the left; in the middle distance a man stands within the doorway to the garden, the open door behind him. The courtyard wall and door leading to the road are seen at right
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist and date of production from curator., and Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A female Bermudan street vendor is sitting behind her produce wares under a makeshift sun shade. She wears a white scarf over her hair and a dress dyed primarily white and midnight blue; her hands are slightly raised and outstretched towards the diverse assortment of produce
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly one of a series of small drawings of black Bermudans., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Street vendors, Produce stands, Corn, Bananas, and Squashes