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1. [Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1754.
- Call Number:
- SH Views W218 no. 1 Box 125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Horace Walpole's sketches for the design of the ceiling in his library at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., A drawing in Horace Walpole's hand, with the date 1754 integrated in the design and sent with a letter dated 17 March 1754 to Bentley from his home in London on Arlington Street. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 171., and Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Houses, Estates, and Libraries (Rooms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
2. [Strawberry Hill] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Strawberry Hill (north front) as seen from the lane with fences on either side. A man with a scythe and a woman carrying a baby walk in the road in front of the estate, towards the viewer
- Alternative Title:
- Strawberry Hill, north front
- Description:
- Title written by the artist in block letters on mount below image., Artist's initials and date etched in lower left corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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., and With wash-line mount (40.6 x 36 cm); signed with initials and dated by the artist ("E.E. 1783") on mount, to the right of manuscript title.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Houses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Strawberry Hill] [graphic]