Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Title, statement of responsibility, and date on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., and Formerly mounted on page 24 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):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 32 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Two of the three arched windows are seen; the window on the far right is enclosed with iron rails. At left is the altar on which a saint in bronze stands
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 29 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, Windows, Altars, and Sculpture
Page 199. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., and Mounted on page 199 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
A drawing of the room at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa that connected the Gallery with the Holbein Chamber. An arched passageway dominates the right side of the image, thorough which the edge of a canopy bed and a chair are visible. Beyond this furniture is another arched passageway leading into the Holbein Chamber, with the chimneypiece and its surroundings plainly visible. The long and narrow connecting room makes up the foreground, its walls and ceiling decorated with the simple motif of parallel lines periodically intersecting to create a lattice. A stained glass window is seen at the far end of the room, on the left edge of the image
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 133 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Windows, and Stained glass
"Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps, holding lanterns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watch House, St. Marylebone
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 91., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 217., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Sept. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Marylebone (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
"Interior view of the north transept of Westminster Abbey; a group of figures stand with a guide admiring the monuments; a couple stand in left foreground, the man gesturing upwards."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 93., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 229.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of the Banqueting Hall, adapted as a chapel; painted ceiling above congregation."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 95., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 239.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Whitehall Palace (London, England) and Banqueting House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Religious services, Chapels, and Ceilings