Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 68c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a urn-shaped bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. On the side of the vase is a scene in bas-relief, taken from an antique by Fiammingo, of five naked boys surrounding a long-haired calf(?). The vase was formerly part of the Harleian collection
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., Possibly a preparatory sketch for a finished piece. Marginal notes in pencil indicate that there should be "4 ring[s]" in the coiled handles and that the right side of the drawing should be the "shade side"; a note within the vase's shadow indicates "shade"., and Mounted on page 68c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 156 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 23.3 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 468"., First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798, vol. ii.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
Drawing of the chimney-piece in the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill, the design of which was taken from the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Two silver andirons sit inside the chimney; three large jars and two beakers, also of silver, sit on the mantel above the chimney. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 120 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, Chimneypieces, Andirons, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
Wash drawing of the bronze vase, urn-shaped with a base and stem and handles, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. On the side of the vase is a scene in bas-relief, taken from an antique by Fiammingo, of five naked boys surrounding a long-haired calf(?). The vase was formerly part of the Harleian collection
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 195 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Six drawings mounted on a single leaf disbound from a 19th century album. One of the pencil drawings shows a vase that was in the Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill; the drawing is possibly by Paul Sandby sketched for his drawing of the view of the Long Gallery. Two other drawings in pen and ink with wash depict vases or urns. Two other pen and ink drawings with wash at the top of the sheet depict architectural ornaments, though one may be a design for jewelry. At the bottom of the sheet is a drawing of a sarchophagus, in pen and ink with pencil; on the front panel is a drawing in pencil of city view, a classical-style building on the left, a forum in the middle, and two columns on the right. The drawing of the sarchophagus is tentatively attributed to James Gibbs
Description:
One of four sheets from a 19th century album. To view other sheets, see Lewis Walpole Library: Drawings Un58 nos. 73, 74, and 75., Note below image, written in pencil in unknown hand, "The vase in long gallery, now in Waddesdon Coll. Brit. Mus, perhaps i Sandby/or his [ ] of long gallery. ms.", Numbered 706 on sheet., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments, Art collections, Sarcophagi, Urns, and Vases
Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso., and Formerly laid in at page 97 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.