A collection of 69 prints, mostly mezzotints issued Carington Bowles and those reissued by Bowles and Carver, as well as some prints issued by Robert Sayers. Also tipped in are a collection of the illustrations from the 4th edition of Thomas Bridges' A burlesque translation of Homer (London, 1797).
Alternative Title:
Facetious
Description:
Title from title page in mss., Bound in red morocco with marble boards with spine title: Facetious., Title page handwritten in mss with collection spelled "colletion"., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seizing the Clerk of Chatham
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint., Copy of a print by J. Coles, published by Thomas Macklin in 1795, after a drawing by H.W. Bunbury., Six lines of text from the play in two columns below image: Smith. The clerk of Chatham: he can write and read / and cast accompt. Cade. O monstrous! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2, iv.2 -- Street scenes -- Trades: Butchers -- Weavers -- Clerks -- Writing implements: Ink bottle on ribbon -- Weapons: Pikes -- Executions: Public hangings., and Watermark: CMD.
SH Contents C323 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 68
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing representing the procession in the romance of the Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Signed and titled by the artist, lower center. Same text transcribed in another hand on verso., and Later label on verso: This picture was painted by John Carter (1748-1817) and was exhibited at the Royal Academy of 1790. It belonged to Horace Walpole and was at Strawberry Hill until the sale in 1842 when it was bought by the Reverend Horace Cholmondeley from whom it came through his daughter and grand-daughter to H.C.J.
A design for a vignette by Bentley showing six older women on a balcony reaching out or looking in horror over the wall (draped in an embroidered cloth) at a scene below. With pencilled in design above
Alternative Title:
Sketch for the tailpiece of the Long story
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the mount in his portfolio of drawings assembled under the title Drawings and designs, ca. 1760., Added title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso: Sketch for the tailpiece of The long story., Date based on publication date of Gray's work: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 3 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Drawings W516 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room Bin 6
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Bard
Description:
Title inscribed by artist on verso: Gray's Bard., Signed by the artist in lower right: BW., Signed by the artist on the verso: Benjm. West., Benjamin West (1738-1820) was a British portrait painter. He was elected to the Royal Academy in ..., and Catalog of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library: no. 119. For further information, consult library staff.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., "Pl. IV". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., "Pl. III". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., "Pl. X". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journeys" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, "Pl. IX"--Lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.