A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Conrad seen lying under an enormous helmet at the left end of a large, open courtyard. The helmet, topped by large black feathers, obscures all of Conrad's body except for his legs. A crowd has gathered and several men attempt to lift the helmet off its victim. In the background the arched colonnades of the castle terminate in an arched gate on the right; a round tower rises at center above the colonnades. In the left foreground is a wall with an arched window above an arched door, an armorial shield mounted between them
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 5 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.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Courtyards, Colonnades, Helmets, and Dead persons
At the door of the gallery (left) Diego falls back on Jaquez (left), both with frightened expressions at the sight of the giant's foot in the adjoining chamber (right). Behind them on the wall in the gallery hangs a portrait painting (Alfonso).
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Title devised by cataloger., Formerly identified as "Manfred and Jaquez with foot of 'ghost'.", and Date based on Horace Walpole's letter (dated 22 February 1796) to Bertie Greatheed's father in which he admires his son's four drawings that were inspired by his reading of The Castle of Otranto. All four drawings are bound in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of The Castle of Otranto (Lewis Walpole Library 49 3729).
Title devised by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Date based on James Boswell's reference to his visit to Richmond on 17 May 1781 and seeing Lady Diana Beauclerk working on paintings from Spenser's Faerie Queene., One of a series of five illustrations., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Title devised by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Date based on James Boswell's reference to his visit to Richmond on 17 May 1781 and seeing Lady Diana Beauclerk working on paintings from Spenser's Faerie Queene., One of a series of five illustrations., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Title devised by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Date based on James Boswell's reference to his visit to Richmond on 17 May 1781 and seeing Lady Diana Beauclerk working on paintings from Spenser's Faerie Queene., One of a series of five illustrations., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Title devised by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Date based on James Boswell's reference to his visit to Richmond on 17 May 1781 and seeing Lady Diana Beauclerk working on paintings from Spenser's Faerie Queene., One of a series of five illustrations., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Title devised by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Date based on James Boswell's reference to his visit to Richmond on 17 May 1781 and seeing Lady Diana Beauclerk working on paintings from Spenser's Faerie Queene., One of a series of five illustrations., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808. and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Title assigned by curator., Caption written in black ink, below image: "Castle of Otranto. Manfred's compunction at the remonstrance of the Friar on the impropriaty of his conduct. P. 42.", and For further information consult library staff.
Title devised by cataloger., Date based other drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James for Harrison and Co., and Profile of a man in pencil on left margin.