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- 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].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century?]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 116 Framed, on view in New Library
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A three-quarter length portrait of Sir William Killigrew. He stands before large columns on the left and a treed landscape on the right. He wears 17th century court attire and Text from both the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: Over the chimney, an original half-length of Milton, aet. 45, in black, a ring tied to one of his button holes
- Alternative Title:
- Portrait of John Milton
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Horace Walpole incorrectly, or aspirationally, believed this to be a portrait of John Milton whose name is inscribed on the frame., Unknown creator., Copy after Anthony Van Dyck., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A Portrait of Milton.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Sir William Killigrew] [art original].
- Creator:
- Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1788]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 123 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait of Thomas Gray in profile. Gray wears a powdered wig and dark coat and vest. He gazes through a window at a landscape. Visible in the distance is St. Giles’s church at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is the setting of his Gray’s An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The author is buried in St. Giles’s Churchyard
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Thomas Gray] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 124 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Attributed to Falconet based on dealer correspondence in object file and confirmed by Christie’s appraisal. Dealer correspondence notes it is a slightly different version of a Falconet reproduced in Ketton-Cremer’s Thomas Gray (1955)., and William Mason was an esteemed poet, and biographer of Thomas Gray and editor of his letters. Mason was among Horace Walpole’s chief correspondents.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1724-1797,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].
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- Published / Created:
- [not after 1696]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 115 Framed, on view in New Library
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length portrait of a boy in three-quarter view facing left. The subject stands on an ornate rug and rests one hand on the back of a red chair. He wears a black hat with red band atop a long curly wig and lavish gold and red garments over a white cravat and ruffled sleeves. Through an open passage on the right is a landscape with a large architectural structure. A distant figure stands before it. This portrait hung at Strawberry Hill and was identified by Horace Walpole as Dorothy Townshend painted by Godfrey Kneller. Dorothy Walpole Townshend was Horace Walpole’s aunt and godmother
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Formerly attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller and but now (2005) attributed to the Circle of Jacob Huysman.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of a young boy, traditionally identified as Dorothy Walpole, 2nd Viscount Townshend] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- LWL Min. 125 Shelved in Object Room in Box 2b
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Young officer in blue coat
- Description:
- William Frederick Hanover (1776-1834) was the son of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), and her second husband William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805). He was a great-grandson of King George II and nephew of King George III., The miniature is in a double-sided burnished bezel locket constructed with front and rear compartments separated by an interior divider; one side holds the portrait and the other holds a thick plait of woven hair. The locket is stored in a protective case that is contemporary with, but not original to, the miniature; when closed the outer case does not accomodate the top ring on the locket., Identification of the sitter is based on correspondence between Doris Haydock and W. S. Lewis when the miniature was being acquired. Date of the miniature was, and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
- Subject (Name):
- William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Prince William Frederick] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 15 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length, oval portrait of Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and armour
- Alternative Title:
- Sir Philip Sidney
- Description:
- Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing., Artist unknown., After a painting by Isaac Oliver, which was described in 1741 as in the collection of Sir Brownlow Sherrard Bart. A related painted portrait by an unknown artist is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv. no. 5732., and One of ten portraits in oil and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and Philosophers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1728]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 107 Framed, on view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from the Beggar’s Opera as performed and perhaps witnessed by Hogarth. The scene (Act III, Scene II) is the last. Set in Newgate prison. At center stage, is the highwayman Macheath, chained (played by Thomas Walker) wearing red. Two women who believe they are married to him plead for his life as he is sentenced to the gallows. To his left, Lucy Lockit with her back to the audience (played by Mrs. Egleton) is dressed in blue. She pleads with her father the prison warden (John Hall). On his right Polly Peachum (played by Lavinia Fenton) dressed in white with a pink sash, pleads with her father, a dishonest lawyer and informant (played by John Hippisley). The actors are flanked by an audience members privileged to sit in boxes on the stage. Among these is John Rich the impresario of the play. Cf. Einberg
- Alternative Title:
- Horace Walpole’s Copy of A Beggar’s Opera
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Artist unidentified., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth: his life, art and times, pp. 26-7, pl. 45., In a contemporary gilt Rococo frame., Label on verso in Horace Walpole's with a note in his hand: "Sketch of the Beggar’s opera as first performed: Macheath, in red, by Walker. Polly kneeling, in white, by Miss Fenton, afterwards Duches of Bolton: Lucy in green, her face turned away, by Mrs. Eggleton; Peacham, in black by Hippisley; Lockit, by Hall. Amongst the audience, on the left hand, Sir Thomas Robinson of Rokeby, a tall gentleman with a long lean face; on the right, Sir Robert Faggs, profile, a fat man with short grey hair, much known at Newmarket. Painted by Hogarth. H.W.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The original sketch of The Beggar's Opera, representing Walker as Macheath; Miss Fenton, afterwards Duchess of Bolton, as Polly, Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit; on one side in a box are Sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean, and Sir Robert Flagg, a famous Horse racer, fat, with short grey hair, by Hogarth. This highly interesting and curious picture was purchased at the sale of John Rich, the celebrated Harlequin and Master of the Theatres in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields and Covent Garden, for whom the picture was painted - it is in its pure and genuine state, and presents one of the most remarkable efforts of this original master., Text from the 1774 edition of Horace Walpole's Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: The original sketch of the Beggar's Opera: Walker as Macheath; miss Fenton, afterwards duchess of Bolton, as Polly; Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit: on one side in a box, sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean; sir Robert Fagg, a famous horse-racer, fat, with short grey hair: by Hogarth. Bought at the sale of John Rich, the well known harlequin, and master of the theatres in Lincoln's-inn-fields and Covent-garden, for whom the picture was painted. Formerly hung in the Great North Bedchamber, Strawberry Hill., and Title devised by curator.
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Beggar's Opera] [art original].