Vüe du façade de la maison &c. de Milord Harrington a Petersham dans Surry
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on printmaker John Stevens's dates. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., and Window mounted to 34 x 54 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Surrey.
Subject (Name):
Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756
A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. Three horses on the shore pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left. A row boat on the river midfield wtih two other small boats in the distance, up and down stream
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on the dated drawing on which this print is based., and Inscribed on backing: For Mr. Lewis our fairy Godfather on his 76th birthday, with love Becky & Tim More, Nov. 14th, 1971. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
A view of Strawberry Hill as seen through the trees from a perspective on the river, with an empty row boat in the foreground and cows lay on the ground in the pasture along the river. A man stands near the trees on the right
Description:
Title below image., Artist and date from Gascoigne., and Based on a drawing by Samuel Owens, with the addition of a man standing near the trees on the right.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate IV."--Above image.
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate III"--Above image.
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the construction timeframe for the tower, which was completed in 1827., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Matted to 29 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
A reversed view of the north front of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the road, with trees on either side and in the distance a man walking the road with a bundle suspended from stick over his shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image. and Formerly thought to have been after J.C. Barrow.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
Horace Walpole's sketches for the design of the ceiling in his library at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., A drawing in Horace Walpole's hand, with the date 1754 integrated in the design and sent with a letter dated 17 March 1754 to Bentley from his home in London on Arlington Street. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 171., and Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Houses, Estates, and Libraries (Rooms)
Title from annotation in a modern hand written in pencil below plate mark., Artist and printmaker from pencil annotations in a contemporary hand below image: J. Buckler del. ; Thos. Higham., Probably a proof state., and Date based on the timing of the final collapse of the Fonthill Abbey tower, which occurred in 1825.