Portrait drawing of Charles Beale, the son of painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left; wearing a thin moustache; a high collar or ruff covering his neck; wavy hair falling to his shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother., Date of production based on artist's death date., This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786., Mounted on page 80 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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
335 A
Collection Title:
After page viii. Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., With coat of arms bearing three scorpions drawn in upper left corner., and Bound in after page viii in an extra-illustrated copy of Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick, the third of three works bound together in a volume with the spine title: Miscellaneous antiquities--Original letters. The first two numbers of Miscellaneous antiquities are bound at the beginning of the volume.
Portrait drawing of the painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left and looking back at viewer; wearing a low-cut gown and pearl necklace; curls of hair falling on her nape and shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself., Apparently copied from a portrait by Peter Lely; "aft. Lely" written in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786., Mounted on page 79 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.
Titled upper center., Unsigned., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Physicians, Medicine in literature, and Surgery
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from contemporary manuscript annotation in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Date based on that of the printed work for which this design was made., Original drawing for the engraved frontispiece to v.1 of: Nicolai Triveti, Dominicani, Annales sex regum Angliae. Oxonii [Oxford] : E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1719-1722., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 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.
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Volume 3, page 246b. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Queen Eleanor, Henry III
Description:
Title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present below image., and Mounted on page 246b in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three half-length sketches of men in two rows, two on the top row are shown bust-length facing left, while the one below is shown half-length playing a bassoon. Only the portrait on the top right is identified by the artist
Description:
Title written below drawing in upper right., Attributed to John Nixon in dealer's description., Date based on artist's death date., and Sheet numbered "114" in ink at top.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Bassoons
Opposite page 8. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sketch of Science adoring the shade of King Henry
Description:
Title from note in ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. Thomas Kirgate's pencil annotation "written by Mr. H. Walpole" is beneath Walpole's note., Attribution to Richard Bentley from Thomas Kirgate's note in pencil below image: First sketch, by Mr. Bentley., Date of production inferred from the 1753 publication date of the first edition of Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. This drawing is presumably an early design for the headpiece to Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College., and Mounted opposite page [8] in Thomas Kirgate's copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.