Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Thomas Gray, who holds in his right hand a sheet of paper with writing
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., After a portrait by John Giles Eccardt, commissioned by Horace Walpole, that hung in the Blue Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 989., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 71 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title written on verso in contemporary, unidentified hand, partially loss of text. "No. C"., Signed and dated in image, bottom left: "WI.B D 1780"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unidentified artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry; bust length, in profile to the left; hair pulled backwards on the side; wearing a flowing, low-cut dress with a button on the shoulder
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Probably after the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 194 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.
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
SH Views Un58 no. 17 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 51
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the north front of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, with horses grazing on the left and two riders and a carriage passing before the walls on the right
Description:
Title from ms. note on verso., Note on verso, signed "G.E.": "North front of Strawberry Hill, corresponding almost exactly to the print by R.B. Godfrey that appears in A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, vol. ii, p. 399. There is a tradition that these [illegible] on copper came from the Tribune of H.W. of Strawberry Hill, in [were?] subsequently purc[hased] at Ld. Northbrook's sale in 1910. [Signed] G.E.", Ownership by Horace Walpole questionable., and After the print by R.B. Godfrey that appears in A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784, opp. p. 1, after William Marlow's watercolor.
An 18th-century oak document box with the lid stamped on the interior: VIRTUOSI PROVIDENT; underside of lid painted: Bot at Sale of the great/VIRTUOSO/Horace Walpole/Earl of Orford. Metal handles now missing. Formerly stored in the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Wainscot box
Description:
Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A stout wainscot box, lock and key, and a deal ditto [The deal bookcase ...]., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
Description:
Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet., Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
Title isncribed at top of sheet, scale drawn in design., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Rt Adam Archt 1768., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in design., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam Architect 1766.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing depicting Pope Benedict XIV, in profile to the left, wearing red clerical dress and cap
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Possibly drawn from a wax model kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 62 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.
Subject (Name):
Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)