Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 42a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of one of two small Welsh armchairs kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The support posts of the chair are painted with alternating blue and white bands; the triangular seat has a cushion of blue-gray point lace. Centered within the backrest are the yellow and black arms of Mr. Richard Bateman
Alternative Title:
Welsh armed chair
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 42a 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].
Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
Page 243. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satirical coat of arms, engraved heraldically, with cards, dice, Earls coronet (Lord Darlington) shaking a dice-box. The arms are encircled by a claret bottle ticker, by way of order
Alternative Title:
Cog it amor nummi and White's Club coat of arms
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image; the motto "Cog it amor nummi" is written within a banner at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Copy of a drawing by Richard Edgcumbe, designed along with George Selwyn, George Williams, and Horace Walpole, that was produced in 1756 at Strawberry Hill. The original drawing was sold in lot 12 of the 22nd day of the Strawberry Hill Sale in 1842., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., For an engraving after the original drawing, see no. 3350 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Tipped in at page 243 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill., and With a clipping, mounted in upper right corner of sheet, that describes a portfolio of prints and drawings from Strawberry Hill; the clipping is annotated "See 22d day, lot 10" in ink at top.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London
Subject (Name):
White's Club (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Men, Societies and clubs, Playing cards, and Coats of arms
Page 121.5. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title of top drawing from note in Horace Walpole's hand written beside it; title of bottom drawing supplied by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, positioned above and below twelve lines of manuscript in Horace Walpole's hand beginning: Sir Jeffery Burwell's mother was daughter & heiress of Jeffery Pitman ..., and Mounted on page 121.5 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
335 A
Collection Title:
After page viii. Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., With coat of arms bearing three scorpions drawn in upper left corner., and Bound in after page viii in an extra-illustrated copy of Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick, the third of three works bound together in a volume with the spine title: Miscellaneous antiquities--Original letters. The first two numbers of Miscellaneous antiquities are bound at the beginning of the volume.
Drawn bookplate of Richard Bull, with his arms above and his name and residence written within a banner below. The heads of bulls, colored red, feature prominently on the crest and shield. The banner for the motto, outlined in red, is left blank
Alternative Title:
Richard Bull Esqr. of Northcourt, Isle of Wight and Bookplate: Coat of arms of Richard Bull
Description:
Title written in ink within banner at bottom of image; alternative title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identifed., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this bookplate appears. See Hazen., Mounted inside front cover 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.
Title from item., Place of publication derived from nationality of printmaker., Date derived from date of diploma (May 17th, 1820)., Description from British Museum: A triumphal arch surmounted by the royal crest with lion and unicorn, with rows of crests interspersed with pillars and a statue of Jenner standing looking to right, gesturing to right as he tramples a serpent, on a pedestal decorated with a woman milking a cow and handing a bowl to children, on the left; with a view of London and St Paul's through the arch, papers listing patrons, presidents, 'Honorary Members MDCCCXVII' and a paper rolling into the foreground lettered with details of the testimonial; after Oben; with artists' names., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and In ink: W C Paxton Esqr. ; J.W. Chairman ; John Fox.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Royal Jennerian Society, Degrees, Academic, Smallpox vaccine, Arches, Snakes, Coats of arms, Sculpture, and Physicians
Volume 1, page 96.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A seal with a shield at center bearing the coat arms of Stafford, Roos and Burley: greyhound supporters on either side; anchor above
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 96.1 in volume 1 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Volume 2, page 398.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of six seals bearing images of clergy and armorial shields. The name of the English king who used each seal and the date it was used are written below each seal; depicted are seals used by Edward III, Edward IV, and Richard II.
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.2 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Subject (Name):
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., and Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.
514 colored drawings of the arms of English barons, including the kings and queens of England from William the Conqueror to James I.
Alternative Title:
Baronage of England
Description:
Title from Hazen., Title from 1842 Strawberry Hill sales catalog listing: Baronage of England., Date conjectured from active collecting years., In English., Bound in contemporary calf with the arms of Horace Walpole stamped on front and back covers; also with his bookplate on front flyleaf., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.