Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Henry Beaufort, whole-length, slightly turned to the right, his hair tonsured, dressed in scarlet and holding a book in his left hand. A scarlet galero and a crucifix hang from a tree in the background to the right; below them, the head of a lion that is lying behind the cardinal is visible. A building, mountains, and blue sky are seen in the distance
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Mansucript note in ink below title: This and the three drawings that follow are slight sketches of the figures on pannels in the Chapel. NB. They came from the abbey of St. Edmondsbury., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 225 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.
Subject (Name):
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, with long curly hair, bust to right, looking towards the viewer, wearing broad lace collar and sash over doublet; in an oval, within rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., After a picture by Theodore Russel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, à la poupée and some hand-coloring ; sheet 11.3 x 9.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement., With wash-line mount of laid paper with "J. Whatman" watermark. Also on verso another wash-line mount with missing drawing or print., and Titled in ink in a contemporary hand on mount below image: Henry Carey Earl of Monmouth : from an original at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Publish'd 22 Sepr. 1798 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, & P. Brown, Crown St., Soho
Subject (Name):
Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, with long curly hair, bust to right, looking towards the viewer, wearing broad lace collar and sash over doublet; in an oval, within rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., After a picture by Theodore Russel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 62 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 13.6 x 10.4 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Publish'd 22 Sepr. 1798 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, & P. Brown, Crown St., Soho
Subject (Name):
Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, half-length, standing and looking to left, wearing long wig and open jacket."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 128 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.
Publisher:
Publish'd 24 Novr. 1798 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, & P. Brown, Crown St., Soho
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state. For a later state with the text "From an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Orford at Strawberry Hill" added at bottom of plate and shading added to the block lettering of title, see: British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., A later state of this plate was published in: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone 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. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.1575., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 143 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.
Publisher:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone., Probably a reissue, with imprint statement burnished from plate. For an earlier state bearing the imprint "London, Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Possibly a plate from an edition of Hamilton's Memoirs of Count Grammont., and Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 6.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, 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:
Portrait drawing, bust length, facing left; wearing a feathered(?) hat positioned on the right side of his head
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably after the drawing by Vertue, copied from an original by Holbein, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 112 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):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)