Title written in unknown contemporary hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Notation on verso: "No. D"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
View of Strawberry Hill (north front) as seen from the lane with fences on either side. A man with a scythe and a woman carrying a baby walk in the road in front of the estate, towards the viewer
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, view from the northeast road and Strawberry Hill, north front
Description:
Edward Edwards (1738-1806), British painter., Titled, dated, and signed on wash-line mount, bottom edge., and Formerly mounted on page 20 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.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Pencil drawing by an amateur artist of the west front of Strawberry Hill, as seen from the road. Also in the road is a man pushing a wheel barrel as a young boy gestures to him. On the verso is a pencil sketch of a donkey's head
Description:
Drawing signed by artist in lower right corner of image; signed and dated again in left corner of image., On verso, in later hand, misidentified as "SH - North Front"., and Partial watermark: [W]hatman 1817.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Donkeys
Title written in unknown hand at bottom right of image., Label pasted below image on mount: "Drawn by S. Owen. Engraved by W.B. Cooke. Strawberry Hill. Seat of the Honble. Mrs. Damer." Label probably from a much later engraving published by Cooke., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Samuel Owen (1768/9-1857), marine painter. He supplied a series of eighty-four drawings which were engraved by William Bernard Cooke for his work The Thames (1811), and seven others for the Picturesque Tour on the River Thames, published by Owen himself and William Westall in 1828., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in ink in unknown hand below image., After 1790 when the offices were built., Pencil notation on verso: "No. B"., Note on verso, in unknown, contemporary hand, "doubtless by Barrow. Orig. drawing for aquatint. Cf. Bedford copy of Description Str. Hill, Woolaston print 1754 (no.19).", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from note "Strawberry Hill house" on verso, possibly in William Waldegrave's hand., Title assigned by curator: Strawberry Hill, east front., On verso, attributed to Paul Sandby(?) and "No. 1.A.", Unfinished watercolor drawing., Watermark: IHS Ivilledary., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title inscribed in pencil in unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Pencil notation on verso: "No. E"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink on verso of the drawing in contemporary hand; also numbered "No. 115" and dated "1781" in same hand., Attributed to Griffith by curator., and After Paul Sandby.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc