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- Creator:
- Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1774]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 120 On display in Reception Area
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford
- Description:
- Title from dealer's catalog., Signed on collar "G.D.F.R.", Possibly after John Vanderbank., Formerly associated in old library records with: Location, Green Closet, in the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: Sir Robert Walpole, and Catherine Lady Walpole; heads carved in ivory. Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter, and Formerly associated in old library records with 1842 sale text: A carving in ivory, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter (Horace Walpole; 1842, May 14, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 18, Lot 79, bought by the Earl of Orford, £8.8.0.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A Wedgwood blue jasper dip portrait medallion of Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford] [art original].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1725]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 109 Framed, on view in New Library
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A three-quarter-length portrait of Robert Walpole in a wooded landscape. He wears a blue coat and red waistcoat with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. He holds a riding crop in his proper right hand. His gloves are tucked in his belt while he holds his hat in his left hand which rests at his waist. Two horses with grooms are visible in the distant landscape
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Artist not identified, but English School, circa 1725., and Previously attributed to John Wootton.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
- Subject (Topic):
- Prime ministers and Peerage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford] [art original].
4.
- Creator:
- Eccardt, John Giles, -1779, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1754]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 138 Framed, on view in Reading Room
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A small scale, full-length portrait in landscape format. Husband and wife gather around an ornate table in an architecturally setting with columns and empty niches that is open to the exterior grounds of the country estate. Sir Robert Walpole in ceremonial robes sits at left. The Chancellors seal and the busts of King George I and King George II signifiy Walpole’s role as first Minister to them. Lady Walpole stands at the opposite end of the table where flowers, shells, a palette and pencils mark her love of the arts. Their hounds in the left foreground are painted by the sporting artist John Wooton who may also have painted the view of Walpole’s Norfolk estate, Houghton, in the distance. The posthumous portraits are based on lifetime miniatures by Zincke
- Alternative Title:
- Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)., From the 1774 Description: ... over the chimneypiece ... In a frame of black and gold carved by Gibbons, Sir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter; small whole lengths; by Eckardt, after Zinck: the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. Sir Robert is sitting; by him, on a table, is the purse of chancellor of the exchequer, leaning against busts of George 1st. and 2d. to denote his being first minister to those kings: by lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils, to mark her love of the arts. Formerly located in the Blue Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., In an ornate black and gold frame deeply carved with fruit and flowers by a follower of Grinling Gibbons. The family coat of arms set at center top. Walpole attributed the frame to Gibbons himself., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A very interesting and valuable picture, Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, Lady Walpole, small whole lengths, the former in his robes sitting, on a table near him is the purse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer leaning against busts of George I. and II., to denote his being First Minister to those kings; near Lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils to mark her love of the arts; their favourite hounds in the foreground and a view of Houghton in the distance. This painting is from the united efforts of Eckardt and Wootton, and is considered a masterpiece of art; the Portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole are from the miniatures by Zincke, the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. The black and gold frame enclosing the picture, one of the finest specimens carving, is by Gibbons, displaying with wonderful effect the arms of the family, enriched with Cupid figures as supporters, birds, fruit, grapes and foliage, most beautifully designed and perfect as a work of art. Eckardt and Wootton., and For further information, see library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737,
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter] [art original].
5.
- Creator:
- 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:
- Wash drawing depicting a portrait head, in profile to the left, of Sir Robert Walpole. Likely drawn from the seal of white cornelian by Natter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 159 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):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seal of the head of Sir Robert Walpole] [art original].