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1. [The library] [art original].
- Creator:
- Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1771?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents M379 no. 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The library] [art original].
2. [The music room] [art original].
- Creator:
- Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1771?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents M379 no. 2 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The music room] [art original].