Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1792]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 34 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two rows of women quarter-length and in profile, some cradling cats in their arms, with captions inscribed in ink near each figure: This is my Queensbury the finest Tom Cat in England; I'm going to see Arabella's catery she had two charming sitters yesterday morning; God bless me these Irish captains are terrible men; Eighteen delightful little creatures I'm told what a sweet ...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and Sheet possibly trimmed from a larger design for a border.
A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: in a landscape with a tree on the left and mountains in the distance (right), four men on horseback confront a bearded man who holds hold out his arm in defense while hiding his harp behind his back. In the right foreground, a figure of a child amongst the riders
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., With watermark and countermark in center of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink and IV., and Formerly mounted (folded) on leaf 11 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: a landscape with figures on horseback and the bard with attendants on a cliff on the upper left. On the verso, lower edge, a sketch of a head with a helmet in grey wash with swatch of wash background
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., With watermark on top portion of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image above on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on bottom half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Alternative Title:
Sir Antonio More and Anthonis Mor
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
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.
Title page. Account of Russia as it was in the year 1710.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Description:
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.
A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes
A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
Satirical drawing on the professions of medicine, law and the church. Three practitioners stand in a well furnished interior; each wears the dress of his profession. The lawyer holds a sealed document, the clergyman a book, and the physician a phial. Pictures on the wall show men rushing to separate two fighting dogs, men and women bringing tithes to a clergyman, and two doctors quarreling at a bedside
Description:
Title from that of the print likely engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Date of production based on that assigned to the print with the same image in reverse by Louis Philippe Boitard. See online record for no. 1775 in the British Museum online catalogue., Formerly laid in at page 207 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Interiors, Lawyers, Pictures, Physicians, and Quarreling