"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state of the plate., Early state without title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.1640., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark and printmaker's signature mostly erased from sheet. Missing text inferred from that on a later state of the plate in the British Museum., Possibly engraved after the watercolor drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 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.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646,, Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by 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)
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by 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)
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1800?]
Call Number:
486 3
Collection Title:
Page 31. Strawberry Hill collection.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Oriental china cistern
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local card catalog record., Date supplied by cataloger., With a contemporary note in pencil below image: From Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 31 in a volume with the manuscript spine title: Strawberry Hill collection by Thomas Bell.
Title from note on verso in Thomas Kirgate's hand, partially trimmed., Signed in image with the initials "S.H." [i.e. Sylvester Harding]., Date based on known visit by Harding to Strawberry Hill. See Walpole's Book of visitors., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Sylvester Harding (1745-1809), English, miniature painter, draughtsman, and print publisher., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.