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.
Watercolor of the southeast view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two workmen in the foreground rolling the lawn and clearing leaves
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title taken from a note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of the drawing, now obscured by added mount. Companion drawing to his: South front of Strawberry Hill. Cf. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill"., Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect., 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.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[May 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 53 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pretty young woman sits facing left under a tree and talks to an elderly pensioner with a little girl sitting on his knee. Behind the young woman another girl stands listening. Both young women are well-dressed with large hats and muffs. On the extreme left a small boy stands behind the pensioner presenting arms with a long pole. A dog sits at the pensioner's feet
Description:
Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand below image. and Signed by the artist.
Subject (Topic):
Disabled veterans, Crutches, Boys, Dogs, and Women
A table with a bowl of presumably alcohol stands in a green room with paintings hanging on the wall. Standing around a table, three men raise their glasses in a toast. To the right of the table, a man assists another who is vomiting
Description:
Title inscribed by artist in ink below image., Signed by the artist, lower left in image: W. Goulding des., and Inscription in pencil on verso: [Here's] health to all good soldiers.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Soldiers, British, and Vomiting
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1799]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 20 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man in repose, nearly sleeping, on a slipcovered chair before his fireplace is approached by a swarm of winged blue devils emerging from the smoke drifting from the fire
Description:
Artist's signature and title from caption inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Demons, Fear, Fireplaces, Older people, and Sleeping
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 12 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An Englishman and a Frenchman, clothed in stereotypical attire, turn away from each other. The former exclaims "You be d--n'd" and the latter responds "Adieu"
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 80. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Caxton, full-length, facing right, down on one knee; head tilted slightly upwards, hands open in front of him; wearing a black robe
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted opposite page 80 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].
Subject (Name):
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492 and Lambeth Palace.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 25 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An injured husband with bandaged arm resting in a sling and eye covered by a patch cautiously confronts and reproves his unloving wife who previously kicked the former down stairs. In the foreground a hostile cat chases and swipes at a fleeing dog reflecting the quarrel of the married couple
Description:
Title from inscription below image in black ink in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Quarreling, Blaming, Confrontations, Wounds & injuries, and Eye patches
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above
Description:
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]., and Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)