A drawing of six heads mostly in profile, three men, two ladies, and one child, all wearing hats. One lady in the upper right is a view from the back with only a hit of her check shown while the man in the foreground is shown full-face. A drawing in the lower left has been heavily scored through. From the left margin mid-sheet is a drawing of a sleeved-wrist and hand hold a stick(?).
Alternative Title:
Miscellaneous heads
Description:
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from Draper Hill., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date from Draper Hill., and A drawing from a sketchbook given by Gillray to the Rev. John Sneyd in the late 1790s.
Ebony veneer with gilding, oak and mahogonay, composition ornaments, gilt metal mounts, inset with drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk with numerous inlays of stone, wedgwood, and enamel; reverse painted glass decorations. Formerly in the Great North bedchamber, Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A beautiful ebony and gold cabinet, enriched with 17 rare original drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerc[sic], and medallions studded with precious stones, lapis lazuli, cornelian, agates, &c., and with strawberries, and Mr. Walpole's arms and crest, on gothic stand with gilt border. The cabinet was designed by Mr. E. Edwards expressly for Mr. Walpole, in 1783., and Also available as a digital reproduction.