View from the garden at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's estate in Twickenham, with the Thames visible in the middle distance at right. A man on horseback travels the road on the near side of the river; another figure stands by the obelisk at the junction of roads near the center of the image. Mr. Briscoe's house is seen beyond the obelisk; other buildings are faintly visible further down the river in the far distance. Two men, one holding a broom and the other kneeling down next to a basket, work in the field in the foreground
Description:
Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount: E.E. 1783., 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)
View of the offices at Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, with a view of the grounds and gardens. A well-dressed young gentleman stands with one gardener with a rake in his hand while another gardener behind them bends over a wheelbarrow
Alternative Title:
New offices at Strawberry-Hill, designed by James Essex of Cambridge, & built in 1790
Description:
Joseph Charles Barrow (fl. 1789-1802), English artist., Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note on verso, in ink in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from note in Thomas Kirgate's hand on former mounting page in volume: The new offices at Strawberry-Hill, designed by James Essex of Cambridge, & built in 1790. Drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791., and Formerly mounted on page 204 of 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):
Essex, James, 1722-1784., Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harcourt, George Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1736-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
A.D. MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Call Number:
Drawer Topos Ox98 no. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ruined structure sits in flat grounds, partly attached to a wall on the left, and surrounded by trees and low bungalows"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate numbered "III" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Societati Antiquariorum Londinensi dono dedit Simon Comes de Harcourt Socius
Subject (Geographic):
England, Oxfordshire., Oxfordshire (England), and Stanton Harcourt (England)
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Lysons, D. The environs of London. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell), MDCCXCV [1795], v. 3, title page., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 11 of 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.
Publisher:
Cadell & Davies
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An album of watercolors assembled by the gentleman farmer and amateur artist John Tomes showing views of his manor house Weston Sands House and the surrounding countryside. Tomes recorded his estate from many angles and in all seasons as well as picturesque spots in the neighbouring countryside, including several views of the River Avon which bordered his estate. Also included are a series of watercolors taken on a trip to the Isle of Wight. There is also a view of Windsor Castle (?) across the Thames and many watercolors of medieval ruins, abbeys, and castles. Tomes also copied a number of Turner prints from the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (published 1807-1819) and his ‘Picturesque views on the Southern Coast’ (published 1814-1826).
Alternative Title:
Sketches by John Tomes, Weston Sands
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger, based on dealer's description., All but two of the drawings are pasted on the rectos of the album leaves; some have pencil manuscript notes giving the location of the subject; some of the first watercolors mounted on the first pages of the album are dated '1818'., Bound in contemporary rust-colored hard grain half morocco and marbled sides, with gilt lettered morocco label 'Sketches by John Tomes - Weston Sands' to front cover, white moirés silk pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Warwickshire (England) and Isle of Wight (England)
Subject (Name):
Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851 (Joseph Mallord William), and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Castles & palaces, Abbeys, Ruins, Estates, and Rivers
A series of eight, small watercolor drawings depicting castles and country houses in England and Wales. The views show: Brancepeth Castle near Durham; Enville Hall in Staffordshire; New Weir on the river Wye, Herefordshire; Hagley Hall, Worcestershire; Hereford Cathedral from across the river Wye; St Paul’s Walden Bury, Hertfordshire; Lumley Castle near Durham; and Chirk Castle near Wrexham, north Wales
Alternative Title:
Drawings by De Wint
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Attributed to Peter DeWint., Date based on DeWint's visits to Wales between 1829 and 1835. See Oxford dictionary of national biography., Drawings are mounted an album of thirty-four unnumbered blank leaves; each drawing is captioned by the artist below in ink, some are numbered in pencil. Bound in nineteenth-century half black roan over marbled boards with the spine lettered in gilt ‘Drawings by De Wint’; marbled endpapers and edges; old bookseller’s description pasted at foot of first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Wales
Subject (Topic):
Cathedrals, Dwellings, Estates, and Castles & palaces
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 8 (formerly G) of 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., and The letters "ollaston" added in brown ink by Horace Walpole after the monogrammatic initials etched in lower left corner, completing the printmaker's last name "Wollaston."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on first leaf following title page 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., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 11.3 x 15.7 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and With manuscript title "View of Strawberry Hill" added in brown ink below image. Also added are the letters "ollaston f." to the etched monogrammatic initials "CW" in lower left, completing the statement of responsibility "CWollaston f."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)