A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 156 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 23.3 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 468"., First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798, vol. ii.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
Drawing of the chimney-piece in the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill, the design of which was taken from the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Two silver andirons sit inside the chimney; three large jars and two beakers, also of silver, sit on the mantel above the chimney. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 120 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):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Chimneypieces, Andirons, Mantels, Urns, and Vases