- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a jug-like bottle with a handle that was owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. This type of bottle was sold by apothecaries, and this particular example was from the collection of Mrs. Kennon, the virtuosa midwife
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., 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 45 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):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bottles and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Earthen bottle with 'Sack 1647' painted on it] [art original].
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- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853
- Published / Created:
- [180-?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3678.16+ (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Elevation drawing of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, with the suit of armor of Francis II in niche at the top
- Alternative Title:
- Elevation of the hall with Francis II armor
- Description:
- Title and tentative date supplied by curator., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and George Perfect Harding (1780-1853), British miniature painter.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Armor, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Stairway and armor] [art original]
- Creator:
- Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1771?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents M379 no. 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The library] [art original].
- Creator:
- Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1771?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents M379 no. 2 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The music room] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso., and Formerly laid in at page 97 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Containers, Vases, Urns, and Mantels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].