Maria Walpole when the Countess Waldegrave with pearl choker
Description:
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh., Artist attribution identified by Bodo Hofstetter of Christie's, 2004., Maria, Countess Waldegrave, dressed in a pink robe, and wearing a pearl choker., Enclosed in a burnished bezel locket, engraved on the reverse with the initials MCW surmounted by a coronet., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Maria Walpole as the Duchess of Gloucester and William Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Description:
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh., Two ivories back to back in a hinged locket case; neither is signed by the artist., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Subject (Name):
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and William Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1743-1805,
Maria Walpole when the Duchess of Gloucester in a blue dress
Description:
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715?-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh., Artist attribution identified by Bodo Hofstetter of Christie's, 2004., Miniature set in a case with brightwork decoration on edge band that is hinged at top. A field of woven graying brown hair and one tied lock of white hair are inside the case between the minature and the silk backing embroidered with the initials ELW (for Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, daughter of the sitter)., Though the embroidered initials would indicate that the portrait is of Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave (1760-1816), it is believed that her portrait was removed and replaced by one of her mother; the miniature there now is smaller than the case. The woven hair is mounted on paper inscribed "Lady Laura Waldegrave's hair / AC.", and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Parliamentarian, statesman, and leader of the Whig party
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed on mount, lower center: D.B., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.
Oval portrait in a gilt frame, a fashionably dressed woman seated on a chair set on a terrace. She is shown in profile looking towards the right at a book in her left hand. Her right arm is at her side, her hand stroking the head of a dog at her feet. She has pearls in her hair, at her neck, and at her wrists and a oval brooch at her chest
Description:
Title from dealer's catalog. and Date based on year noted on the page of the diary in the image.
SH Contents B87 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room A:B
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A view of Richmond Hill, near Twickenham
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Formerly hung on the staircase at Strawberry Hill. See Description of Strawberry Hill, vol. ii, p. 420., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Richmond Hill (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Title from dealer's catalog., Inscribed on verso: Purchased for me by Mrs. Forster at Strawberry Hill; 10th May 1842. R. R. Preston. Liotard by himself. A legacy to Mr. Horace Walpole from Mrs. Delany 1788., Blackened pearwood frame., and Sitter in profile to the left, red cap.
Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) was the fourth child and second son born to Robert Walpole (1676-1745), chancellor of the Exchequer and first prime minister of Great Britain, and his wife Catherine Shorter (1782-1737). His younger brother was the author and antiquarian collector Horace Walpole (1717-1797). Edward Walpole graduated from Eton (1718) and King’s College, Cambridge (1725) before becoming master of pleas in the Office of the Exchequer in 1727 and clerk of the pells, a lifetime appointment, when his older brother Robert resigned from that position in 1739. Walpole also served in Parliament from 1730 until 1768 representing in succession Lostwithiel and Great Yarmouth and became a Knight of the Bath in 1753. With his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715?-1739) he was the father of one son and three daughters. Sir Edward Walpole died on January 12, 1784; he was buried at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor., Unknown artist., Miniature set in bracelet clasp decorated with brightwork, with a fixed flange on the left and a removable slide on the right., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).