An auctioneer with gavel in raised hand presides over a crowd of bidders wearing tall top hats and long coats as they frantically scribble notes and examine items indistinclty depicted in the background
Description:
Title from a later caption inscribed in graphite pencil below image., Date based on the date of the sale of Horace Walpole's collections at Strawberry Hill., Curatorial note: The scene in the drawing may not depict The Strawberry Hill sale due to a lack of specific details., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Auctions, Auctioneers, and Gavels
Title from item., Inscribed with the title in unidentified hand below image: "The cottage at Strawberry Hill.", Inscribed with the artist's name in lower left corner below image: "Carne. Tringham ex.", and Amatuer copy after 1789 watercolor by J.C. Barrow's "The Cottage"?
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Architecture, Domestic, Dwellings, and Houses
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above
Description:
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]., and Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing of the shell seat, which was completed in 1754, located on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title in pencil by unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Page 457. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 457 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Page 299. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of several items from Horace Walpole's collection that were sold at the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Sitting on a table draped in a red tablecloth, surrounded by other items, is the silver bell that was once attributed to Benvenuto Cellini. Shields, urns, a book, a decorated hunting horn, and an ornate dagger occupy the floor in front of the table. To the right are several pieces of armor, on the floor beneath a stained glass window; wooden cases in the Gothic style are seen in the background
Alternative Title:
Silver bell and other curiosities and gems as seen in Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from contemporary note in ink, on a separate sheet mounted below image., Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, beneath lower right corner or image. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 299 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Bells, Urns, Shields, Daggers & swords, Stained glass, and Windows
Title written in unknown hand at bottom of sheet, below image, with questionable attribution to Walpole., Numbered "23" in pencil, lower right corner., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 42b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a triangular chair that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The chair has one leg at each corner of its triangular seat, with the leg at the rear extending upward and being topped with a curved piece that forms a simple backrest
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., 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., and Inlaid on page 42b 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].
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 18a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Lady Digby at age 19; bust-length, shown in three-quarter profile to the right; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Probably drawn after a miniature by Peter Oliver (now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm [NMB 971 or 972]), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 18a 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].
Subject (Name):
Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the cottage on Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate, with the Thames and the obelisk in the distance. Three cattle are on the lawn in the foreground; additional greenery includes trees and shrubs. Two small bridges crossing a stream are visible
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 204 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)