- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing showing the interior of the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. A canopy bed is centered against the back wall, flanked on either side by two chairs and two hanging paintings. At right is the chimney-piece of Portland stone and gilt designed by Horace Walpole from the tomb of W. Dudley, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey; a firescreen and two red china bottles are seen sitting in front of the fireplace, while the large picture of Henry 8th and his children is seen hanging above. On the wall at left are two bow windows, the arched tops of which are painted with coats of arms. Between the windows hangs a large mirror, above which hangs a painting and below which sits a table with three vases on it. A clock hangs above another chair on the extreme right. The walls are covered in crimson Norwich damask; two crimson rugs cover the floor, one beneath the bed and the other in the center of the room. The celing is decorated with a geometric pattern in gold
- Alternative Title:
- Great North Bedchamber
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 204 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Clocks, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Great North Bed-Chamber [art original].
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- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the Armory at Strawberry Hill. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I, to the right of which hangs the shield painted with the head of Perseus. Other armor and weapons are displayed on a wall near the center of the design. Two thin columns extend down from the ceiling with decorative arches formed between them. A stained glass window is visible on the back wall, and the ornate railing of a staircase is present in the left foreground. A quiver with arrows (?) hangs on the wall in the right foreground; various armorial shields and pieces of art also decorate the walls. A vase and a carved box sit on the floor
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 57 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Arms & armament, Shields, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hall [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arches forming a screen, the design for which was taken from the gates of the choir of Rouen. Wooden furniture lines the wall of the room at left, above which framed works of art hang. Across the room on the right is the chimneypiece designed after the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury; an embroidered firescreen and two blue vases sit in front of the fireplace. The ornate ceiling, taken from the Queen's dressing-room at Windsor, dominates the top half of the image; a large, colorful rug sits on the floor in the center of the room
- Alternative Title:
- Holbien Chamber
- Description:
- Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 117 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Holbein Chamber [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the interior of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. Two rooms are visible; the room on the left, which occupies most of the drawing, is lined with windows on the back and left walls and has a fireplace on the right wall. A man stands at a composing frame at the back of the room setting type from the copy propped on the upper case; lower tables line the walls in front of the windows at left, and other furniture occupies the back right corner of the room. In the foreground the doorway on the right gives a partial view of the second room containing two printing presses. A man can be seen working the common press for printing the letterpress text; to the left are two of the handles of the star-wheel of a rolling press for printing intaglio plates (copper plates); above, sheets of printed paper have been hung to dry on lines strung across the room. The floors and ceilings of both rooms are plain and undecorated; a few framed pictures hang on the walls
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 240 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., Printer's ornament (19 x 112 mm) mounted below drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Estates, Outbuildings, Printing industry, and Printing presses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Inside of the printing-house at Strawberry-Hill [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing showing the interior of the Great Parlour or Refectory at Strawberry Hill. The chimney-piece is visible at left, above which hang the portraits of Sir Horace and Galfridus Mann flanking a painting by Reynolds. On the right, the large painting of the Ladies Waldegrave hangs above a bureau on which a clock with a bronze figure of a reading woman sits. On the far wall is a window with some painted glass at top, on either side of which hangs a pier glass. Against the left wall are two sofas upholstered in red and white; black chairs of Gothic design are against the opposite wall on the right. Two other chairs, small tables, vases, and additional paintings complete the visible furnishings of the room. An ornate border lines the tops of the walls
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 35 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Parlors, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Sofas, Clocks, and Windows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Parlour [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 221 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Interiors, Chairs, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Great Cloyster [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the interior of the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill. An arched doorway is at center, the door open and the Gallery and some of its furnishings visible beyond. The back of the door is decorated with Gothic tracery; the corners of the doorway, as well as the ceiling above, have quatrefoils in their ornamentation. Two armchairs upholstered in floral fabric sit on either side of the door. The chair on the left sits next to Japan cabinet with two branched candlesticks and the basalt head of Jupiter Serapis (?) on top of it; a vase decorated with arms and the ring device of the Medici rests beneath it. The chair on the right sits next to a Japan coffer on a gilt frame, a vase of Florentine fayence beneath it. On the wall above the door hangs the portrait of Margaret Lemon. Further left on the wall a landscape painting is partially visible; the left half of Nicolo Poussin's painting The education of Jupiter can be seen hanging on the wall to the right. The edge of a colorful rug is visible in the foreground
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 153 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Furniture, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Round Drawing-Room [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 32 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View in red hall [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Two of the three arched windows are seen; the window on the far right is enclosed with iron rails. At left is the altar on which a saint in bronze stands
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 29 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, Windows, Altars, and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View in the oratory, looking west [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of the room at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa that connected the Gallery with the Holbein Chamber. An arched passageway dominates the right side of the image, thorough which the edge of a canopy bed and a chair are visible. Beyond this furniture is another arched passageway leading into the Holbein Chamber, with the chimneypiece and its surroundings plainly visible. The long and narrow connecting room makes up the foreground, its walls and ceiling decorated with the simple motif of parallel lines periodically intersecting to create a lattice. A stained glass window is seen at the far end of the room, on the left edge of the image
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 133 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Windows, and Stained glass
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of the room leading into the Gallery [art original].