Drawn bookplate of Richard Bull, with his arms above and his name and residence written within a banner below. The heads of bulls, colored red, feature prominently on the crest and shield. The banner for the motto, outlined in red, is left blank
Alternative Title:
Richard Bull Esqr. of Northcourt, Isle of Wight and Bookplate: Coat of arms of Richard Bull
Description:
Title written in ink within banner at bottom of image; alternative title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identifed., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this bookplate appears. See Hazen., Mounted inside front cover 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:
Drawings H263 no. 1 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, drawn in an oval, of Richard Sackville. He is wearing 17th century dress with a high collar. He is holding in his left hand the tassles of part of his clothing
Description:
George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Title from inscription in graphite pencil on verso of image: drawn by G.P. Harding. Richard Sackville Baron Buckhurst Earl Dorset after a [scarce] print by Simon Pass. From a scarce print by Simon Pass., Signed in ink lower left of image: GPH 1799., Inscribed in graphite pencil lower right: Richard Sackville, 3d earl of Dorset., and Inscription in graphite pencil on verso lower right: Drawing by George Perfect Harding: "GPH 1799 after a print by Simon Pass.
Subject (Name):
Sackville, Richard, Baron Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset, 1589-1624,
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Hyde Parker, naval officer and admiral, standing in uniform with his hand resting on his sword
Description:
Later pencil note in lower left: By W. Evans., Later pencil note in lower right: Original drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of the wall and a decorated rectangular structure is to the left of the arch
Description:
Title from note in black ink at bottom of sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Annotation in center of image in black ink: Head of King Henry the Third. About forty years ago the chancel of Barnwell Church (near Barnwell Castle two miles from Oundle) was repaired[?] and the head taken down by the carpenter employ'd, in whose hands it remaind. & his sons thirty years - who gave it to a carpenter of Peterborough where is remain'd till it came into the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough. N.B. King Henry endow'd Barnwell Church., and Mounted on page 73 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.
Inscription in ink on verso, unknown hand: "Strawberry Hill Middx.", Signature in ink on wash-lined mount: "E.E.", Wash-lined mount framed with gold ink., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Edward Edwards (1738-1806), English artist, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy, London., and This drawing is possibly one of a collection dispersed at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, day viii, lot 154. Chewton Collection of Lord Waldegrave, to W.S. Lewis, 1948.
A view of the south side of Horace Walpole's villa as seen across the lawn from under a grove of trees. A woman holding the hand of a child walks towards the right
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from label on verso. Added title by curator., Attributed to Edwards and dated on label removed from verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
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
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.