Page 82a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the shrine, designed by Pietro Cavallini, that was brought to the Chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns form the base of the shrine; four smaller columns, various panels of intricate decoration, and an ornate roof comprise the upper portion of the object. Sitting beneath the shrine is the cross, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that was bought by Horace Walpole at the sale of Richard Bateman in 1774
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 82a 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].
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1810]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 6 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrat of Sir Horace Mann, half-length turned to the left but looking forward at the viewer
Description:
Title inscribed below image., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., After a portrait of Horace Mann by J. Astley which belonged to Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill., Engraving of this portrait published by Richard Bentley, 1810., and Inscription in pencil: ? by G.P. Harding.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1807 and 1812?]
Call Number:
SH Contents H263 no. 6 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in artist's hand. and Peter Oliver portrait is after a portrait by Van Dyck. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 2, p. 43.
Subject (Name):
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
On recto, two men walk to the left in a wood with guns. The man behind (right) holds his gun by the barrel pointed towards his companion's posterior; he wears colored spectacles, a top hat, and is smoking a cigar. The man in front (left) looks back towards his companion as he holds his rifle by the butt, the barrel pointed over his shoulder at his companion's face. The lines below: "I never likes to go out with a man as don't carry his gun like a sportsman." "Not I. I'm always wery particular.!" and On verso, a pencil drawing of two men (dustmen?) conversing as one points to the donkey that he holds by the reins
Alternative Title:
I never likes to go out with a man as do'nt [sic] carry his gun like a sportsman
Description:
Title written in ink at top of sheet on the recto; alternative title from dialogue written in ink below image., Attribution to Henry Heath and approximate date of production inferred from an etching (in reverse) of similar design that appears with nearly identical text in Henry Heath's series "Sporting sketches". For a description of the design for which this may be the original drawing, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.29. For plate of four designs of which this is one part, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.00.00.30+., and With pencil sketch on verso depicting a dustman talking to a man with a donkey.
Subject (Topic):
Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Hunting, Rifles, Smoking, and Sunglasses
A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
Description:
Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is suspended
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Inscription in ink in image: Coat of Arms. Azure. The Sexes impaled improper between two Butterflies - Two flances; on the dexter flanch three pair of Stays, argent, the sinister flanch charged with Rouge Pomat & smellg bottle, On the Canton, Dexter a frill rampant in the sinister Canton a false collar rampant - small cloaths passive in pile supported by pins - Supporters- Two Monkies - proper - Crest, a pr of Stays full padded - supporting a Cravat & Collar Rampant proper, holding a blockhead argent & gules, wingerd with asses ears proper the whole under cover of a Sable Bever., Basis for print published as: The dandies coat of arms, See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 9, 13394., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., For further information, consult library staff., and Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 15, p. 143.
A copy of the caricature of the British Statesman and High Lord Chancellor Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), that appeared in the center of an print that was published on 1 October 1834 in Every body's album & caricature magazine, no. 19. He is depicted as a very thin traveller wearing a Scottish tam over his wig and using a broom as a walking stick; his shoe is worn through. He carries a wooden post labelled "Scratching post", a box stamped "Containing the freedoms of all the Scotch towns" and a bag with the words "Broken victuals the leavings of the Edinburgh blow out". Around his waist is another bag, "Oat meal". Above the image framed in lines in gold ink: “I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job by my “Starring it” with Old Grey in the North! Sold all my numbers of the Penny Magazine, and well puff'd it through every town I went. Made little less than one hundred speeches about, I forget now, Received some score of Burgesses, Freedoms, and Invitations to as many dinners, where I blew my own trumpet & obtained plenty of orders from our Usefull Knowledge Society! Now, woe to the unstamn'd when I get home! I must have a good scrub at my skin presently; I reckon I have got a taste of the fiddle through my itch for travelling!
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Drawn after a print by C.J. Grant, published ca. 1833 by G. Drake as No. 56 in The political drama series; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.11156. A nearly identical image also appears among several designs in Every body's album & caricature magazine, No. 19 (1 October 1834); see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.10.01.01+., and Additional text written within speech box above image: I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Government officials, and Judges