A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Frederic seen in the background on the left, peering around a half-open door into an oratory. In the foreground on the right is a figure, completely hidden within a hooded cloak, kneeling at an altar. An open book and a crucifix sit on the altar; light streams in from the window behind it on the right. On the back wall of the room a statue resides within a raised alcove; a chair sits below the statue, and a framed picture hangs on the wall beside it.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist attribution and date from signature "F. Miller 1802" on similar drawing bound in the same volume., and Bound in after page 222 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Drawings showing the floor plan and views of the walls on which were hung paintings and against which statues and other artwork were placed. The second drawing is titled "Plan of rooms that contains [sic] the statues & the pictures" in ink above, and the fourth drawing is titled "View of one end of the great room design'd by Inigo Jones" in ink below. The first drawing depicts a large painting by Van Dyck on the wall at a different end the great room, described in the printed text as "a landskip [sic] with dogs, and in the clouds are three angels ...".
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., One of the four drawings with horizontal orientation., Bound by Horace Walpole in his copy of: Gambarini, C. Description of the Earl of Pembroke's pictures. Westminster : A. Campbell, 1731., and Bound in old mottled calf. With slipcase.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Wiltshire., and England.
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656-1733 and Wilton House (England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Art, Private collections, Sculpture, and Interiors
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
Description:
Title from a copy published by Carington Bowles, July 17th, 1770., Unsigned; attributed to Francis Grose., and Date of production based on exhibition history; this drawing was exhibited at the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1767.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, and Dogs
Volume 2, opposite page 153. Some account of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Probably drawn after a print entitled "Polito's Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand", published in 1811 as plate 2 in volume 8 of Ackermann's The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c.; see Yale Center for British Art call no.: L 212 (8vo)., and Mounted opposite page 153 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London. London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1793.
Volume 1, page 127. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Several dozen men in top hats and some women sit or stand around a long table on the left; the auctioneer George Robins sits on a platform on the right, holding a gavel
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 127 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior scene, with a family gathered on the left and looking over at a seated man on the opposite side of the room. The father, sitting in a chair, lights his pipe using the candle on the small table next to him; a pitcher and two mugs are also seen on the table. Behind the father stands his wife, and on the floor beside him sits a young girl. The other man, sitting across the table from the father, is wearing a coat and hat; his left hand is extended, perhaps reaching for his mug
Description:
Title and date from local card catalog record., Signed within image with the artist's initials., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Conversation, Candles, Pipes (Smoking), Tables, Pitchers, and Drinking vessels
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Theodore standing at center and three servants holding torches standing at left. The location is a dimly-lit vault, its arched ceiling supported at intervals by short columns; Theodore points upward to a hole in the ceiling that was broken through from above. Manfred, standing beside the pointing Theodore, looks up in astonishment, leaning backwards slightly with his left arm out in front of him
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 36 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Volume 2, page 12. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From an original drawing by Isaac Ostade
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 12 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen by I. Ostade in possion. of J.T.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, Pitchers, Cats, Violins, Brooms & brushes, and Hygiene
Volume 2, page 3. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
In the collection of James Harris Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 3 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen and [...?], by A. Ostade in possion. of Mr. Harris.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, and Hygiene