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19. [The staircase at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the Armory. The ornate railing of the staircase, each post of which is topped with a single antelope supporting a shield, is prominent in the foreground; its winding path up to the landing containing the Armory and further up to the next floor can be traced. On display on the back wall of the Armory is a cluster of weapons and armor, visible between two columns supporting decorative arches on the ceiling. A stained glass window is visible on the left wall of the Armory; armorial shields are seen above the doors to the right of the window. The walls are decorated with Gothic tracery; part of a quatrefoil window is visible at the top of the image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., 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 93 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, Arms & armament, Interiors, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The staircase at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
20. [The triple plea] [art original]
- Creator:
- Pembroke, Thomas, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 56 Box 5
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satirical drawing on the professions of medicine, law and the church. Three practitioners stand in a well furnished interior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document, the clergyman a book, and the physician a phial. Pictures on the wall show men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tithes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside
- Description:
- Title from that of the print likely engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Date of production based on that assigned to the print with the same image in reverse by Louis Philippe Boitard. See online record for no. 1775 in the British Museum online catalogue., Formerly laid in at page 207 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Interiors, Lawyers, Pictures, Physicians, and Quarreling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The triple plea] [art original]
21. [The triple plea] [art original]
- Creator:
- Pembroke, Thomas, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 56 Box 5
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Satirical drawing on the professions of medicine, law and the church. Three practitioners stand in a well furnished interior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document, the clergyman a book, and the physician a phial. Pictures on the wall show men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tithes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside
- Description:
- Title from that of the print likely engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Date of production based on that assigned to the print with the same image in reverse by Louis Philippe Boitard. See online record for no. 1775 in the British Museum online catalogue., Formerly laid in at page 207 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Interiors, Lawyers, Pictures, Physicians, and Quarreling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The triple plea] [art original]
22. [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso., and Formerly laid in at page 97 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):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Containers, Vases, Urns, and Mantels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].