"Portrait of Catherine of Braganza, three-quarter length, holding gloves before a curtain."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Carolo IIo. D. G. Mag. Brit. Fr. et Hib. Regi &c. Hanc Sereniss Reginae Catharinae Effigiem humillime consecrat, G. Faithorne
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,5.38., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Cum Privilegio Reg."--Bottom of plate, below dedication., Probably engraved after the painting (NPG 2563) that was later acquired by Horace Walpole and hung in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 209 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638-1705, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Page 65. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of artist E. Bell., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a clipped facsimile signature of George Robins, a clipping about Robins having "assumed for his throne the very ancient chair of oak once pertaining to Glastonbury Abbey", and another clipping about the chair itself., and Mounted on page 65 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Drawing, full-length, of King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Possibly after a drawing from painted glass by George Vertue, which formerly hung in the blue breakfast room at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 55 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
SH Contents V568 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 46
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Drawing full-length King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on verso: The original drawing by Vertue of Richard III, and his Queen, described and engraved in Mr. Walpole's Historic doubts., Sale text: A curious pen and ink drawing of King Richard III and his Queen, copied from painted glass, by Vertue, described and engraved in Mr. Walpole's Historic Doubts., Formerly hung in at Strawberry Hill, in the blue breakfast room., Image later engraved by Charles Grignion for: Horace Walpole's Historic doubts on the life & reign of King Richard the Third, 1768, opposite p. 103., and No. 118 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, and Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 35. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary Berry; bust length, facing left with head turned towards the viewer; short hair in curls; an oval inside a rectangle
Alternative Title:
Miss Agnes Berry
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger; alternative title from note in ink that incorrectly identifies sitter., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Drawn after a miniature by Anne Mee that was commissioned by Horace Walpole in 1790., and Mounted on page 35 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 (Name):
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from curator., Inscribed on verso with notes in Horace Walpole's hand: This portrait of Miss Mary Latham of [illegible] in Kent was drawn about the year 1750 by the celebrated James Ferguson of whom[?] see an account in the 3 vol. of Lysons's invitational of London., Oval blackened pearwood frame, cracked., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: [None?].
Title devised by curator., Possibly after an oil painting by Wootton that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 63 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)