- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1853]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 5
- Collection Title:
- Before title page. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of an arched niche, surrounded by ornate Gothic tracery, in which several weapons and pieces of armor are arranged. A plumed helmet sits atop the center stack of the arrangement, with an armor chest plate and a round shield below it. Spears and a spiked mace stick out from the left side of the center stack; a variety of axes stick out from the right side
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted before 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Armor, Arms & armament, Helmets, Spears, Shields, and Axes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Armor in a niche] [art original].
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- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 9
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 223. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Frederic shown flinching back in surprise and horror at the sight in front of him, his arms outstretched and his legs poised for motion. A short distance to the left stands a skeleton wrapped in a hermit's cowl, its fleshless face seen in profile within a hood as it turns toward Frederic. The skeleton stands at an altar on which a cross and an open book sit; beyond the altar is a large, ornate window decorated with quatrefoils, Gothic tracery, and coats of arms. The walls behind Frederic on the right are decorated in a similar motif
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image., Additional statement of responsibility written in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand: By George Perfect Harding., and Inlaid opposite page 223 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chapels, Interiors, Altars, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frederic recoiling from the skeleton near the altar] [art original]