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37. [Design for the southeast corner of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Creator:
- Chute, John, 1701-1776
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1753?]
- Call Number:
- 49 630
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A pencil sketch of the southeast corner of Strawberry Hill, the home of Horace Walpole, shown with a tree along side the villa and a view of the grove of trees beyond
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'committee of taste.', Drawn on the verso of the back free endpaper in Horace Walpole's copy of Batty and Thomas Langley's Ancient architecture restored and improved by a great variety of grand an dusefull designs (London, 1742)., and Original vellum. With Horace Walpole's bookplate. Press-mark E.3.15. Bookplate (19th century) of John Heugh. Pencil sketch by Chute of a proposed design for the south-east corner of Strawberry Hill, on fly-leaf at end.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for the southeast corner of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
38. [Floor plan of a room] Fontainebleau window, shelf over it. [art original]
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 121.21. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title of drawing on the left supplied by cataloger; title of drawing on the right from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings side-by-side on one sheet, possibly sketches of the China-Room at Strawberry Hill. The drawing on the left, a square design that might be a floor plan, has written above it the word "Dairy"(?) beneath the scored through words "China Room"; the annotation "Door Etruscan" is to the right of the image, between the two drawings. The drawing on the right, titled below, has additional design notes written above and below image: Grotesque ceiling from Herculaneum ; white tyles ; Etruscan border black & yellow orange ; shelves black & orange ; [...?] Etruscan ; Etruscan floor., and Mounted on page 121.21 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Floor plans, Windows, and Shelving
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Floor plan of a room] Fontainebleau window, shelf over it. [art original]
39. [Fonthill Abbey and gardens] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1810]
- Call Number:
- Babb-Beckford no. 72
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title assigned by curator., Probably a proof before letters., Date of publication based on watermark., and Watermark: H. Smith 1810.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Fonthill Abbey
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fonthill Abbey and gardens] [graphic].
40. [Sketches for Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Creator:
- Chute, John, 1701-1776, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Page 121.8. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Chute from local card catalog record., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on separate sheets, mounted together one above the other., Annotations accompany the vignettes in the drawings, with "circular room 12 feet high" written in pencil across top of uppermost drawing. Also in the upper drawing, "eight stools" is written in ink next to a circular design, and the notes "fret work inside of roof" and "low head boards pierced ..." are written next to two small depictions of a chimneypiece. In the lower drawing, the notes "flat & square" and "balustrade 2 f. 1/2 high" are written next to a patterned design., Several additional sketches of architectural details, in pen and ink and pencil, are present on the verso of the sheet mounted at top., and Mounted on page 121.8 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Chimneypieces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketches for Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
41. [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1769]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, after page xxxii. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs across the lawn, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified. Another watercolor of the same view has been attributed to Moses Griffith; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views G853 no. 1., Probably after a 1769 drawing by Paul Sandby; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Formerly mounted to another backing, now removed, leaving only traces of manuscript note on verso: South vie[w] ... the Hon. [H?] ..., Mounted after page xxxii (leaf numbered '33' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic architecture.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Homes and haunts, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
42. [Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
43. [Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
44. [View of the Twickenham bank of the Thames] [art original].
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1750]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H448 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
- Alternative Title:
- Pope's villa, Twickenham
- Description:
- Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744, Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849, and Ferrers, Selina Shirley, Countess, 1681-1762
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Homes and haunts, Landscapes (Representations), Estates, Rivers, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [View of the Twickenham bank of the Thames] [art original].