A man stands at a shop door leaning on a cask while looking at another man sitting on the pavement who is pointing towards the man. Canisters of tea are displayed in the shop window
Description:
Title from published print based on this original drawing: The Retort Courteous., See British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 7, no. 9114., Inscription in pencil lower left, below the image: Original., Inscription in ink on verso: The Country and proud London Stone. Finnucane., Inscription in pencil on verso: Original drawing by Finucane for "The Retort Courteous" BM 9114 published 1 August 1797 by Laurie and Whittle., and For further information, consult library staff.
Two individuals present a horse with a very long caricatured torso to a frowning sailor
Alternative Title:
Sailor and th long-backed horse and Long-backed horse
Description:
Title and date based on Laurie & Whittle published etching after this drawing., Artist suggested by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
A sailor, holding a bowl of water, sits on a bucking horse. The townspeople seem to mock the sailor
Description:
Title from published print based on this drawing: Published by Carington Bowles, 20 May 1782., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing depicting the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns are at the base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Probably drawn by William Bawtree, perhaps in preparation for a similar engraving he published in 1798. For a description of the engraving, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.199. For a reproduction of the engraving, see: Walpole, H. Strawberry Hill accounts ... Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1927, opposite page 128., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 200 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.
Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 248a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore shown at center talking in a church, one on either side of the statue marking the tomb of Alphonso; Theodore wears full armor and Matilda wears an orange gown. Behind Matilda on the right is Manfred, who interrupts the conversation by reaching over Maltida's shoulder and stabbing her with the dagger held in his left hand. The interior of the church forms the background, with statues in alcoves along the wall on the right and a row of arched windows along the wall on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 228 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):
Churches, Interiors, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Homicides
Title devised by curator., "I.C." in ink lower right., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from ms. heading above design., Publication date form unverified data form local card catalog record., and Print without letters. Ms. captions added below each image: Present; Past; Future.
Verso in pencil, "The Three Riders," verse, "HKB"., Signed HKB in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A thin emaciated Parson holds a 'tithe' in the form of a pig in a basket while a second Parson, obese with a huge puanch, raises a stick in the air and opens his mouth wide as if beginning an admonishment
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.