Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 108a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Luton Hoo (England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on the 1843 date of the depicted fire at Luton Hoo., and Mounted on page 108b in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Luton Hoo (England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, Estates, and Fires
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
A gentleman leads a young woman and her mother (or chaperone) to the door of a carriage, held open by the coach driver who wears a top hat and a peculiar grin. In the background is a house or inn with a partially drawn figure (in ink) watching or emerging from the door. On the verso, pencil sketches of two men in top hats, and a smaller figure lightly sketched with a top hat in black ink
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date from dealer's description., and On verso are later inscriptions in pencil.
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, and Dwellings