Page 14. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Floor plan of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the footprint of the altar at the top and nearest to the right the footprint of a tomb labeled "Lady Ayesbury" with measurements; in front on the right a footprint also with measurements is labeled "Vacant grave", but in a different and later hand updated with the information "now The Honble. Anne S. Damer, May 28, 1828, aet. 80". To the left of the altar an annotation reads "At this spot are the graves of Lord and Lady Frederick Campbell".
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Anne Seymour Damer, who possibly assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted on page 14 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Title from item., Inscribed with the title in unidentified hand below image: "The cottage at Strawberry Hill.", Inscribed with the artist's name in lower left corner below image: "Carne. Tringham ex.", and Amatuer copy after 1789 watercolor by J.C. Barrow's "The Cottage"?
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Architecture, Domestic, Dwellings, and Houses
A design for the tomb of Galfridus Mann of Boughton Malherbe in Kent, brother of Sir Horace Mann, with elevation and details
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Epitaph on tomb and notes below image are in Latin., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence with Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... that columbarium at Linton is to have a beautiful urn designed by Mr. Bentley as the whole is, with this plain, very true inscription, Galfredo Mann, amicissimo optimo, qui obit--H.W.P.", With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink bottom of image: Qui obit Dec 20. 1756 status sud 50 Horatius Walpole posuit., and Formerly mounted on leaf 50 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Urns
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792-1844, artist
Published / Created:
1817.
Call Number:
Folio 633 817 B955
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An album of seven pencil sketches, mounted with a neat ink borders. beginning with a title page, a view in a grove with trees and with two figures (one seated and pointing, the other with a portfolio under his arm) in conversation and a rock, the face of which is inscribed with the album title. The six drawings folllowing are romanticised topographical subjects including castles, gates, and ecclesiastical buildings, in ruins, enveloped in trees and foliage, from the vantage point of a river or allong the roadside
Alternative Title:
Six drawings by H.W. Burgess and 6 drawings by H.W. Burgess
Description:
William Henry Burgess (circa 1792-1844), landscape painter to William IV and the teacher of John Leech and Thackeray., In English., Title from title page drawing., Miss Bell unidentified., Bound in contemporary blue straight grain morocco, with decorated boards, upper cover lettered in gilt., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Drawing, British, Abbeys, Castles & palaces, and Religious facilities
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
Folio 64 B39 813
Collection Title:
Page 152a. Magna Britannia.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the house and grounds of Woburn Abbey, around which is drawn a decorative border containing seven coats of arms and a crown at top. The house seen at a distance from across the pond, framed by trees in the foreground; a stone bridge is visible on the right
Description:
Title written in pencil at bottom of view., Signed by the artist in lower portion of decorative border, which is drawn on a separate sheet pasted to the edges of the sheet containing the view. It's possible that Harding only drew the border and not the view., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 152a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Woburn (England)
Subject (Name):
Woburn Abbey,
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, Estates, Bridges, and Coats of arms
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 15. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the altar at center beneath a large stained-glass, Gothic window and monuments to the left and right of the altar beyond the altar rail. Visible in an alcove on the right is the bust of Lady Ailesbury, made by her daughter Anne Seymour Damer
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Mounted on page 15 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Interiors, Chancels, Altars, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Windows
Volume 1, page 65. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Scale within a banner drawn in upper left corner., Portions of the drawing were done on smaller pieces of paper integrated into the larger sheet; the image of the clock is drawn on a sheet 65 x 27 mm that is pasted onto the larger sheet at the center of the composition, while the image of the top of the structure is drawn on a sheet 72 x 32 mm that is pasted into an area at the top of the composition where the larger sheet has been cut away., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 65 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.
Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 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., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 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., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title devised by curator, based on pencil annotation "Eaton-Socon" at bottom of mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 78a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Eaton Socon (St. Neots, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Churches, and Cemeteries