View of houses along the shore of Isleworth Middlesex as seen from the Thames River. Ladies and gentlemen stroll on the path along the river. One gentleman alights from a boat that has pulled up to the landing on the right as his companion turns to pay the boatman
Description:
Title from curator., After the title is written, in same unknown hand, "H. Walpole's collection.", Attributed to J.-H. Müntz., and Press-mark C.1.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Middlesex., and Isleworth (London, England)
A design by Bentley of a landscape with a large house on a hill (left) high above the shore on a stormy night with waves and and trees blown by heavy winds. Lightning from the right stretches across the sky, striking the house. In the light showing between the tree on the right the number '58'.
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist and date from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 5 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
A design by Bentley of landscape with falls in the lower right, a tree in the center, and a large rock formation to the left. A man sits by a rock (center); two figures (a woman and a child) walk from left to right carrying an urn and a bundle, respectively; another figure walks in silhouette in the distance (center).
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso: By Richard Bentley Esq., 1753., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 4 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Title devised by curator., Artist and date from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 6, with another view in Jersey, in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Attributed to Bentley and dated by Horace Walpole on verso.
Nine views, arranged in three rows with three each, showing castles and fortifications, houses, bridges over rivers, and harbor
Description:
Title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "34" in upper right corner., and Partial watermark at lower edge: [...]C [...]06?
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Castles & palaces, Forts & fortifications, Dwellings, and Bays (Bodies of water)
View of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate from the northeast with the villa in the distance on the left, the obelisk in the center, and a cottage, on the right. On the hill below the obelisk, one man lies face down while the second figure is seated facing the viewer. In the foreground on the left, two men approach, the older man on horseback, a younger man, with a bag thrown over his shoulder and carrying a sword, walks behind, as they exchange words
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attributed to James Malton. Date based on artisti return to England in 1791., After Joseph Charles Barrow's 1789 drawing "View of Strawberry Hill from the road?, and James Malton (1761-1803), British watercolorist, engraver, and draftsman.
Volume 1, page 126. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left portion of image., and Bound in as page 126 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Gray wash drawing of a charming bucolic landscape. In the foreground a small group of three individuals rest along the banks of calm stream while farther in the distance a second group congregrates and a hazy silhouette of buildings peers over the treeline
SH Contents B87 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room A:B
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A view of Richmond Hill, near Twickenham
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Formerly hung on the staircase at Strawberry Hill. See Description of Strawberry Hill, vol. ii, p. 420., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Richmond Hill (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)