Page 201. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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View of a Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows visible on the left; a pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. A woman holding a parasol walks on the path leading to the tower
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "W.C.S." is unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 201 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Page 71. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
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Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 71 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Title from pencil annotation on verso of matte, perhaps in the artist's hand; note is signed "S. Owen" below., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of drawing; final digits of date are mostly illegible, but a similar drawing by Owen in the same volume is clearly dated "1822"., and Laid in volume 2 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
Title from pencil annotation on verso of matte, perhaps in the artist's hand; note is signed "S. Owen" below., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of drawing., and Laid in volume 2 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
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Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?, On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
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Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
A drawing depicting the fashionable suburban villa Gunnersbury House, Middlesex. John Webb (1611-1672) was the architect and the house was owned by Princess Amelia, the third daughter of King George II from 1762 until 1786. A view from the front of a grand three story house featuring six columns, a second floor terrace, and two visible chimneys on the roof. Pasted on mount with three other views of the Gunnersbury House property
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Title from caption inscribed by artist below image., Date from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
View down the Thames from Hampton Court wtih a pair of houses being lead to the carriage in the foreground. Two tourists stand on the terrace looking at the view, as another man below turns away from the view below
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View down the river from Hampton Court
Description:
Title inscribed on verso by Horace Walpole: Hampton Court, Also inscribed on verso in ink: H. Walpole., Descriptive title inscribed in pencil on verso by W.S. Lewis., Attributed to J.-H. Müntz., and Press-mark C.1.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower.
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) in art.
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) in art.
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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Milton's cottage at Chalfont
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Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings