Page 73. 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 73 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.
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),
Volume 1, page 126. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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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 devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left portion of image., and Bound in as page 126 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 1, after page xxxii. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
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A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs across the lawn, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
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Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified. Another watercolor of the same view has been attributed to Moses Griffith; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views G853 no. 1., Probably after a 1769 drawing by Paul Sandby; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Formerly mounted to another backing, now removed, leaving only traces of manuscript note on verso: South vie[w] ... the Hon. [H?] ..., Mounted after page xxxii (leaf numbered '33' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic architecture.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Homes and haunts, and Estates
Title page. Account of Russia as it was in the year 1710.
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate as viewed from the east, with the house in the middle distance surrounded by trees. A lawn stretches towards the viewer in the foreground; a cloud-filled sky is above
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Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on depiction of the Round Tower of the house, which was not completed until 1762., With printed (letterpress?) text "Strawberry-Hill 17[blank]" below image, with the digits "58" written in brown ink to complete the date., and Mounted as lower half of title page in a copy of: Whitworth, C. An account of Russia as it was in the year 1710. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.