A view of Newstead Abbey as seen from the front beyond the surrounding stone wall. Two boys, one leaning on the wall the other sitting on it, watch as a coach pulls around the circular drive, in the center of which stands a fountain
Description:
Title and artist from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand., Inscribed by artist in lower right corner of image: "J.C. Barrow.", Ms. note in pencil, in an unidentified hand, on mount below image: "In the summer of 1798, B. [i.e. Byron] took possession of Newstead Abbey. Drawing was bought at the sale of Horace Walpole's collection, Strawberry Hill, in the year 1842.", Probably part of the collection sold at the StrawberryHill sale, viii, 154, dispersed as described in A.T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3678., and Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Nottinghamshire.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 and Newstead Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Abbeys, Dwellings, and Historic buildings
Page 121.3. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., With a lettered key written to the left of the image that identifies the various rooms depicted in the floor plan., Possibly the original drawing for a plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Bound in as page 121.3 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)
A view of the south side of Horace Walpole's villa as seen across the lawn from under a grove of trees. A woman holding the hand of a child walks towards the right
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from label on verso. Added title by curator., Attributed to Edwards and dated on label removed from verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
Birthplace of Bunyan and Birthplace of John Bunyan in Elstow
Description:
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 82a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Elstow (England)
Subject (Name):
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Title written in an unidentified contemporary hand on a fragment pasted below the image., On verso: "No. M.", Note on verso, in pencil: "Chewton Illustrated Walpole, vol. I, pt. I. Sketch of the life of HW, Earl of Orford by Lord Dover.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above
Description:
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]., and Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 299. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of several items from Horace Walpole's collection that were sold at the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Sitting on a table draped in a red tablecloth, surrounded by other items, is the silver bell that was once attributed to Benvenuto Cellini. Shields, urns, a book, a decorated hunting horn, and an ornate dagger occupy the floor in front of the table. To the right are several pieces of armor, on the floor beneath a stained glass window; wooden cases in the Gothic style are seen in the background
Alternative Title:
Silver bell and other curiosities and gems as seen in Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from contemporary note in ink, on a separate sheet mounted below image., Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, beneath lower right corner or image. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 299 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Bells, Urns, Shields, Daggers & swords, Stained glass, and Windows
Admission ticket to the Phillips showing of Fonthill Abbey in 1823. The image on the ticket, enclosed within a double-pointed oval border, depicts the eastern towers of the house with the central tower beyond. Beneath are blank panels, left and right, linked by a smaller central panal labeled 'Visitors.' At the bottom are two detachable tokens bearing the initials 'HP' and 'FA' within roundels
Alternative Title:
Fonthill Abbey 1823
Description:
Title from text within border of image., For a probable later state with the text within the image border reengraved to allow admission of two visitors instead of three, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 90., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of both tokens from bottom edge., With contemporary annotations in ink, including the signature of auctioneer Harry Phillips and the names of the three visitors using the ticket., and Mounted to 31 x 24 cm on heavy blue paper with embossed border.