LWL Ptg. 139 Framed, on view in Administration Area
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view with cloud-filled sky of the south face of Strawberry Hill House with white-washed façade, pinnacles and castellated walls and turrets. The house is situated in a treed landscape with a spacious expanse of lawn in the foreground that extends to the banks of the Thames River on the right. Several houses are visible across the river. A small sailboat is on the water. This is the only known view of the house between the completion of the Library and the Great Parlor in 1754 and the addition of the Long Gallery in 1761. A related view, likely a pair to this one, but from a slightly different angle and with an earlier architectural structure in brick to the left, has turned up in 2021 at auction
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Unsigned by artist.
Drawing of Theobalds framed by two pencilled lines and mounted on a secondary sheet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Ms. note left unmounted., Drawing attributed to Vertue in pencil on the mount above. Identification from early sales catalog which has been questioned by former owner. Suggested alternative identification: Oatlands Palace (Surrey) from a painting by Van Somer in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
LWL Ptg. 103 Framed, on view in Administration Area
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A prospect of Twickenham in the distance from the grounds of Strawberry Hill. At middle distance is Mr. Biscoe’s house on the left. Next to it is Lord Radnor’s Chinese style summer house. Some livestock graze in the field and along the river
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., One of a pair of paintings; the other entitled: View of Richmond Hill from Twickenham Strawberry Hill (LWL Ptg. 104)., and In a period gilt frame.
Before page 1. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., 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 Laid in before page 1 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
A view of a church, maybe the parish church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, also known as the Stoke Poges Church, seen in the middle distance, beyond a low picket fence and surrounded by trees
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Statement of responsibility written in pencil below image., Date assigned by curator., Watermark, trimmed: [J. What]man [...]0., and Inlaid on page 24 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Gray, T. Odes. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. & J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1757.
A panoramic view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral includes a low horizon punctuated by Wren church steeples and a large expanse of cloudy sky. Fashionable figures stroll on the terrace of Somerset house while the river bustles with boats
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and In the manner of Antonio Joli and formerly attributed to both him and Samual Scott.
A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
Alternative Title:
Pope's villa, Twickenham
Description:
Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
A drawing by Bentley showing a lion reclining on his side in front of a cave
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., and Formerly mounted on leaf 10 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Title devised by curator., "Composed by Mr. Chilcot"--Lower right corner of image., Numbered "18" above image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of musical notation., and On leaf 58 of an album of trade cards and invitations.