Watercolor drawing depicting the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the well of the staircase at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Statement of responsibility from pencil annotation, probably in Thomas Kirgate's hand, on mounting page below image., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 25 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Two London lawyers quizzing a clever countryman tipping his hat off of his head and holding a riding whip
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Possible preparatory drawing for a print published under the tile 'Lawyers and countryman' by Laurie & Whittle in 1797., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 50 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Six sketches arranged across two rows depicting rotund red-faced countrymen riding horses poorly or in various states of humorous accidents. Captions include: How to be obstinate; The most approved method of sliding; How to stick in a ditch; How to prevent being run away with; A Cheshire kick; How to slip from your saddle with ease to yourself and horse
Description:
Title and date devised by cataloger. and Sheet trimmed cropping artist's signature and title.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Country life
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 47 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom of plate., and On leaf 51 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Three individual drawings of people drawn full-length and walking in profile including a milkmaid crier, a blind beggar holding an upturned hat being guided by a dog with a bell hanging from its collar, a pair of decrepit elderly women, and a man carying a large sack over his shoulder
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger., A constructed composition consisting of three individual drawings in the same style arranged in a row and pasted on to a backing sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Beggars, Blind person, and Guide dogs
A view of Luscombe Castle in the county of Devon, England. The architectural style is gothic revival featuring castellated towers and walls along with large gothic windows. In the foreground under a large tree a woman sketches the house
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from watermark., and For further information, consult library staff.
A drawing for Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Description:
Title and date based on published print engraved by J. Coles and published in London by Thomas Macklin, November 30th, 1792. and Formerly in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. See Macklin print.