Page 56c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the left hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The six small paintings, arranged in a cross pattern, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "left hand" written in pencil at the bottom
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Page 56a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the right hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The eight small paintings, arranged in three columns, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "right hand" written in pencil at the bottom
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Title from ms. note in ink below image: "Bulstrode Whitlock by Winceslaus Hollar.", Mounted to 320 x 261 mm; French mount with gilt, black ink, and gray wash borders., and With a note in Thomas Kirgate's hand: "A portrait of Bulstrode Whitlock Esqr. by Winceslaus Hollar. Born at Prague in Bohemia about 1600. An unfinished proof print wash'd & hightned by [...]"
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 1676 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Elevation drawing of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, with the suit of armor of Francis II in niche at the top
Alternative Title:
Elevation of the hall with Francis II armor
Description:
Title and tentative date supplied by curator., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and George Perfect Harding (1780-1853), British miniature painter.
"Portrait seen almost half-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing robes, collar and long wig; with coat of arms and mace and purse below frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker
Description:
Title, printmaker, imprint, and artist from Smith., Third state, with image altered to show Parker as Lord Chancellor and plate cut down to remove title. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "This state of the print must date from after 1718 as it shows the sitter with the robes and accoutrements of the Lord Chancellor which he became in that year (information from David Wilson FSA). The plate was originally published with lettering describing Parker as Lord Chief Justice, a post he held from 1710 to 1718"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1930,1013.14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Trimmed to image; with sitter's name in Horace Walpole's hand on tab mounted at the bottom.
Publisher:
J. Simon and E. Cooper?
Subject (Name):
Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 2d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unfinished drawing of the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Lanthron in the Red Hall
Description:
Title from local catalog card; the title written in ink on mounting page has "lanthorn" misspelled as "lanthron"., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 2d in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].