Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the firescreen, the pierced arches of which are from the gates of the choir of Rouen with the rest designed by Richard Bentley, that was commissioned by Horace Walpole for the Holbein Chamber of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Screen of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Mounted on page 131 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.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the Dutch artist Schoonjans, with small portrait of Herbert Tuer in oval at bottom right; Schoonjans shown half length, looking to the left, with open jacket, waistcoat, and shirt open at neck; Tuer shown half length to the left, wearing gown and bands, with shoulder length curled hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Herbert Tuer
Description:
Title etched below image., Text along right side of small oval portrait in lower right: Herbert Tuer., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., After a self-portrait by Schoonjans that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 116 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., 1 print : engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.2 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Schoonjans, Anthonie, approximately 1655-1726,, Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 82a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the shrine, designed by Pietro Cavallini, that was brought to the Chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns form the base of the shrine; four smaller columns, various panels of intricate decoration, and an ornate roof comprise the upper portion of the object. Sitting beneath the shrine is the cross, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that was bought by Horace Walpole at the sale of Richard Bateman in 1774
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 82a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
"Portrait of the poet; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing lace bands, and large sash; with long curled hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 198 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 Annotated by Thomas Kirgate in pencil at bottom of sheet: In the collection of heads.
Publisher:
Pub. March 16, 1793, by E. & S. Harding
Subject (Name):
Godolphin, Sidney, 1610-1643, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Title misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849., and For a proof state before title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635.
Publisher:
Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth
Subject (Name):
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Title misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Later state, with the spelling of "miniature" corrected and imprint statement removed. For a proof state before title was added but with imprint statement present, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635., Publication information based on earlier state with the imprint "Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents B877 no. 3., and Plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
Publisher:
G.P. Harding
Subject (Name):
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval image 15.3 x 13 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 17 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint from bottom edge., and Mounted on page 21 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Coxe, London
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing the gothic lantern that eventually hung "in the well of the staircase" according Horace Walpole's account in his 1774 Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole. Date of creation based on the appearance of the gothic lantern, as originally designed by Richard Bentley ca. 1755 before Walpole added colored and stained glass to the lower panes
Alternative Title:
Sir Horace Walpole's gothic lamp
Description:
Title from item., Unsigned and undated drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 102 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.9 x 14 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)