A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats
Alternative Title:
Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of sheet., Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748., and Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Rivers, George Pitt, Baron, 1721-1803
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
"View of the Grosvenor House to the right behind a fence, a couple and little girl in the foreground to the left, the lady with her back to the viewer while the other two are walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Ninth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 56 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Walthamstow (England)
Subject (Name):
Grosvenor family and Grosvenor House (Walthamstow, England),
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Page 5. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's. Trees flank the house on either side; a group of women and children stand on the path in the right foreground
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Artist and date of production from note in ink on mounting sheet: This is the original drawing by Charles John Smith from which he engraved the plate for Murray's Johnsoniana published in 1836, p. 177., and Mounted on page 5 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
View from the Thames of Lacy House, formerly in the County of Middlesex, with boats on the river in the foreground. Built in 1750 for James Lacy, co-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, the mansion was later home to the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales... [London] : Published by W. Angus, Gwynne's Buildings, Islington, Feby 1, 1787[-97]., "Pl. XXXVI"--Upper right corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below is the page of descriptive letterpress text that accompanied the print in the volume., and Mounted opposite page 518 (leaf numbered '117' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Novr. 1st, 1793, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Subject (Name):
Lacy, James, 1696-1774 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the construction timeframe for the tower, which was completed in 1827., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Matted to 29 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 249 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 with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 33.2 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 202 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 33.4 cm., and Annotated "v. p. 93" by Horace Walpole in brown ink on mounting page, below lower right corner of sheet.
A view of Little Strawberry Hill, home of Lady Diana Beauclerk, looking from the north(?) across the lawns, the house is shown in the shadows on the right while in the distance on the left is the Thames River. On the left in the foreground a gentleman walks on the stile to cross the fence near a large tree on the other side of which begins a stone wall along the bottom of the property
Alternative Title:
Little Marble Hill
Description:
Title inscribed in right corner within the French mount., Inscribed in lower right corner of image with the artist's name and date., Alternative title devised by curator., Printed label pasted on verso: "Strawberry Hill by J.C. Barrow, comissioned by Horace Walpole, signed J.C. Barrow, 1789." A line has been drawn through the words "Strawberry Hill"., Probably a preliminary sketch for a drawing that was used in Horace Walpole extra-illustrated copy of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 49 2522)., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Possibly part of the collection of drawings described as no. 3678 by A.T. Hazen in Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library and dispersed at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii, lot 154., and For further information, consult library staff.