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].
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Portrait drawing of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams; half-length, shoulders nearly in profile to the left, head turned back and looking at viewer; his right hand grasping the top of a walking stick, the index finger of his left hand extended and pointing to the left; wearing a loose coat, a cravat, and a long curled wig that extends down his back
Description:
Title from note in ink in Richard Bull's hand, below image on mounting page., Unsigned; artist not identifed., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this bookplate appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 87 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
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.
Drawing the gothic lantern that eventually hung "in the well of the staircase" according Horace Walpole's account in his 1774 Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole. Date of creation based on the appearance of the gothic lantern, as originally designed by Richard Bentley ca. 1755 before Walpole added colored and stained glass to the lower panes
Alternative Title:
Sir Horace Walpole's gothic lamp
Description:
Title from item., Unsigned and undated drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Hyde Parker, naval officer and admiral, standing in uniform with his hand resting on his sword
Description:
Later pencil note in lower left: By W. Evans., Later pencil note in lower right: Original drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
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)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Sir Nicholas Carew; bust length, turned slightly left; bearded; wearing a dark robe over an ornate shirt with a high, white collar; a rounded, dark hat covers his hair
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Probably drawn from the picture, copied by Milbourn from the original by Holbein, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 184 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.
Subject (Name):
Carew, Nicholas, Sir, approximately 1490-1539, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)