A bust length, three-quarter profile turned to the sitter’s proper right against a dark background. He wears a powered wig, brown jacket with white cravat
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Label on frame: "Galfridus Mann 1750 (John Astley)"., In a contemporary gilt Italian frame as displayed at Strawberry Hill., and Date from Catalog of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: 1752.
Standing three-quarter portrait of General Henry Seymour Conway shown in three-quarter view. Conway wears a military breast plate and sword under his red coat indicating his military and political activities. He holds an indecipherable letter in his left hand. His right hand rests on the table on which lies a manuscript copy of the Free Porta Bill that open West Indian trade to Boston merchants and a copy of the bill for the repeal of the Stamp Act. A globe displays the western hemisphere representing Conway’s imperial activities in North America
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and This painting is a copy after a lost original by portrait likely by Sir Joshua Reynolds or Thomas Gainsborough.
A half-length portrait of George Cholmondeley wearing a dark blue coat and red waistcoat with a white cravat. A ribbon at his next reads in part: ... “amore iocisque.” On his coat is the insignia of the order of the garter
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Attributed to Joseph Highmore in the Christie's appraisal.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770,
A half-length portrait of Horace Walpole at middle age dressed in a purple jacket and vest with a ruffled shirt. His face is in three-quarter view as he gazes to his proper left. The top of a white feather quill is visible at the lower left. At some point the painting was cut down from an original three-quarter length preserved in a preliminary sketch by Ramsay now in the National Gallery of Scotland. The drawing shows Walpole seated at a table holding a quill pen. Only the top of the table is visible
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and It is uncertain if Walpole commissioned this portrait, but it did apparently belong to the Honorable Anne Seymour Damer, Walpole’s niece and executrix.
A half-length portrait of Sir Edward Walpole dressed in a blue coat and waistcoat with a red sash. He wears on his breast the insignia of the Order of the Garter
A small scale, full-length portrait in landscape format. Husband and wife gather around an ornate table in an architecturally setting with columns and empty niches that is open to the exterior grounds of the country estate. Sir Robert Walpole in ceremonial robes sits at left. The Chancellors seal and the busts of King George I and King George II signifiy Walpole’s role as first Minister to them. Lady Walpole stands at the opposite end of the table where flowers, shells, a palette and pencils mark her love of the arts. Their hounds in the left foreground are painted by the sporting artist John Wooton who may also have painted the view of Walpole’s Norfolk estate, Houghton, in the distance. The posthumous portraits are based on lifetime miniatures by Zincke
Alternative Title:
Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)
Description:
Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)., From the 1774 Description: ... over the chimneypiece ... In a frame of black and gold carved by Gibbons, Sir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter; small whole lengths; by Eckardt, after Zinck: the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. Sir Robert is sitting; by him, on a table, is the purse of chancellor of the exchequer, leaning against busts of George 1st. and 2d. to denote his being first minister to those kings: by lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils, to mark her love of the arts. Formerly located in the Blue Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., In an ornate black and gold frame deeply carved with fruit and flowers by a follower of Grinling Gibbons. The family coat of arms set at center top. Walpole attributed the frame to Gibbons himself., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A very interesting and valuable picture, Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, Lady Walpole, small whole lengths, the former in his robes sitting, on a table near him is the purse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer leaning against busts of George I. and II., to denote his being First Minister to those kings; near Lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils to mark her love of the arts; their favourite hounds in the foreground and a view of Houghton in the distance. This painting is from the united efforts of Eckardt and Wootton, and is considered a masterpiece of art; the Portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole are from the miniatures by Zincke, the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. The black and gold frame enclosing the picture, one of the finest specimens carving, is by Gibbons, displaying with wonderful effect the arms of the family, enriched with Cupid figures as supporters, birds, fruit, grapes and foliage, most beautifully designed and perfect as a work of art. Eckardt and Wootton., and For further information, see library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737,
LWL Ptg. 155 Framed, on view in Administration Area
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Theodosia Burr Alston, depicting a young woman in a white empire dress with lace trim, her hair up in a cap, curls in front. In a 19th century gilt frame with rope twist inner molding, bearing a plaque with artist and subject, verso with a William Macbeth Gallery label, hand written note reads: From Mrs. J.P. Overman, and another label: Yale University Art Gallery, envelope on the back with another William Macbeth label; ss: 17 1/2" h., 14' W., some inpainting where the panel has checked and some crackling, frame reinforced with mahogany. Theodosia, the daughter of Aaron Burr, was married to the Governor of South Carolina Joseph Alston, she died off the coast of Cape Hatteras in January of 1813 having been kidnapped (according to information accompanying the work).
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Also known as the 'Nags Head Portrait.', and Formerly wrongly attributed to John Vanderlyn.
Aymar, Gordon C. (Gordon Christian), 1893-1989, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1979]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 167 Framed, on view in Cowles House
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a gilt molded frame, a half-length portrait of Wilmarth Lewis, wearing in a dark vest and jacket with a light gray tie and collar, gray hair parted in the middle. The subject is writing a note with pen in hand; on the verso a label from Portraits Incorporated, Portrait Center of America 136 E. 57th St. NY, NY.
Description:
Title from inventory. and Signed in the lower right.
A full-length portrait of a boy in three-quarter view facing left. The subject stands on an ornate rug and rests one hand on the back of a red chair. He wears a black hat with red band atop a long curly wig and lavish gold and red garments over a white cravat and ruffled sleeves. Through an open passage on the right is a landscape with a large architectural structure. A distant figure stands before it. This portrait hung at Strawberry Hill and was identified by Horace Walpole as Dorothy Townshend painted by Godfrey Kneller. Dorothy Walpole Townshend was Horace Walpole’s aunt and godmother
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Formerly attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller and but now (2005) attributed to the Circle of Jacob Huysman.