A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Isabella shown full-length, standing on either side of the painting that is coming to life on the wall behind them. Both characters have startled looks on their faces and are drawing back in fear; the figure of Manfred's grandfather between them is stepping out of the frame, his right arm extended towards Manfred and his head also turned in that direction. Arched windows are seen in the background on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 23., and Bound in opposite page 23 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 35. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary Berry; bust length, facing left with head turned towards the viewer; short hair in curls; an oval inside a rectangle
Alternative Title:
Miss Agnes Berry
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger; alternative title from note in ink that incorrectly identifies sitter., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Drawn after a miniature by Anne Mee that was commissioned by Horace Walpole in 1790., and Mounted on page 35 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Name):
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1802 and 1853?]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 5 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait in an oval of a woman wearing a cap and mid-18th century dress. She is facing slightly to the left but looking towards the viewer
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Inscription in pencil: by [G.P.] Harding?, and Inscription in pencil on verso: Miss Hannah Norsa d. 1785.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 44a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of an unidentified woman, bust-length, turned to the left; shoulder-length hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace and a gown with a low neckline
Description:
Title from local catalog card., 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., Most likely drawn after a portrait kept by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill., and Inlaid on page 44a 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].
William Frederick Hanover (1776-1834) was the son of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), and her second husband William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805). He was a great-grandson of King George II and nephew of King George III., The miniature is in a double-sided burnished bezel locket constructed with front and rear compartments separated by an interior divider; one side holds the portrait and the other holds a thick plait of woven hair. The locket is stored in a protective case that is contemporary with, but not original to, the miniature; when closed the outer case does not accomodate the top ring on the locket., Identification of the sitter is based on correspondence between Doris Haydock and W. S. Lewis when the miniature was being acquired. Date of the miniature was, and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentifed., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Possibly a depiction of one of the tiles with arms, from the catherdral at Gloucester, that was in the floor of the China Room at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill house., and Mounted on page 25 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.
Watercolor in an oval design depicting the British admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731-1804. Duncan is portrayed in the standard naval dress uniform of an embroidered blue coat with white facings, gold tassles at the shoulder, and a medal pinned at his breast. Duncan wears a stern expression on his mature wrinkled face framed by curly white hair
Alternative Title:
Admiral Adam Duncan
Description:
Title from grapite pencil inscription below image., General note., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Album of ca. 22 watercolors by Maria Sybilla Merian, of insects, reptiles, and fish probably done on the European continent (Germany or Netherlands), along with a collection of other watercolors by several artists, signed and unsigned, including a portrait of Dr. Mead and Dr. Misaubin surgeon, drawn by William Hogarth and a drawing by George Perfect Harding. Also included: Palace of the Rajah of Tassisudon / copied by M. Griffiths Junr. 1798; Back of Gibraltar Hills / W. Booth delin, ALS from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull dated 1784 July 14, thanking him for the loan of some books including this collection of drawings by Maria Merian which he describes as "very fine"., and Also laid in are various verses in Richard Bull's hand including a poem in memory of Catherine Bull and a narrative on Queen Caroline; a poem in French, "Address by the Queen of Holland to Buonaparte" [later published as Les Adieux by S̀̀ègur].
Alternative Title:
Bull's album of drawings
Description:
Title devised by curator., Album contains 402 pages, alternating white and blue sheets. Nothing laid in after p. 211., Ms. notes in Richard Bull's hand., Binding: Red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings.", Disassembled, some items matted and stored in 5 solander boxes. Original binding shelved separately., and When the album was digitized, blank pages were not scanned; original page location, however, is recorded which explains the gaps in the paginatioin in the virtual browse view. For further information, consult library staff.
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.