Plan of the principal floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to Q, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include the Round Room (A), the Great Bed Chamber (C), the Gallery (D), and the Library (F). A compass in the upper right corner shows the direction of north
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 15 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 33.7 x 23 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plan of the principal floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to Q, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include the Round Room (A), the Great Bed Chamber (C), the Gallery (D), and the Library (F). A compass in the upper right corner shows the direction of north
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 25 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 33 x 22.4 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 121.3. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., With a lettered key written to the left of the image that identifies the various rooms depicted in the floor plan., Possibly the original drawing for a plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Bound in as page 121.3 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 1. List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on that of the manuscript volume in which this drawing is found., Sheet trimmed to the edges of the vignette drawing., and Mounted on page 1 in a volume with the manuscript title: List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill, taken from Baker's list.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
An image of an outbuilding and the printing house at Strawberry Hill. A figure believed to be Thomas Kirgate stands in the road in front of the two buildings holding a large portfolio under his arm
Description:
Title and date written in ink within wash-line mount, in unknown hand., Possibly the drawing used as the model for an engraving by Francis Jukes entitled "Farm yard and printing house at Strawberry Hill" which attributes the drawing to E. Edwards., and Also written in light pencil, lower left edge: "The original drawing." In the same hand, on the right, "M.A. Rooker" [i.e., Michael Angelo Rooker?].
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
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)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 136 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 173 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.9 x 13.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Opposite page 120. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., A copy of a painting owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., and Tipped in opposite page 120 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)