Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Chimney piece in the Refectory
Description:
Title from lettered state; alternative title written in pencil below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: T. Morris sc., Proof state, before title and statement of responsibility added to plate., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Mounted on page 24 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:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate?
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26.
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Ink and wash architectural drawing of an elevation of a room with a gothic chimneypiece that includes an ornate mirror with cartouche frame over the mantel. Copious notes in pencil are dispersed throughout the plan and include construction materials and corrections
Alternative Title:
Interior elevation and plan of a room with gothic chimneypiece surrounded by a mirror
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and One of four drawings in a folder.
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces, Cornices, Architectural mirrors, and Floor plans
Page 121.8. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Chute from local card catalog record., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on separate sheets, mounted together one above the other., Annotations accompany the vignettes in the drawings, with "circular room 12 feet high" written in pencil across top of uppermost drawing. Also in the upper drawing, "eight stools" is written in ink next to a circular design, and the notes "fret work inside of roof" and "low head boards pierced ..." are written next to two small depictions of a chimneypiece. In the lower drawing, the notes "flat & square" and "balustrade 2 f. 1/2 high" are written next to a patterned design., Several additional sketches of architectural details, in pen and ink and pencil, are present on the verso of the sheet mounted at top., and Mounted on page 121.8 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)