"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 166 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., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Anne Hyde, first wife of James II, half length, head directed to right but looking at viewer; wearing pearls in her hair, around her neck and looped onto her dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Description:
Title from French verses etched below image., A copy by Mary Beale of the original painting by Lely was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the Honorable Mrs Damer after Richard Cosway, half-length slightly to right in a square frame, looking to front, her hair curled and falling about her shoulders and with a huge frilled collar and bow at front of dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Mrs. Damer
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Q,3.146., Engraved after the drawing commissioned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 234 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.
"Portrait; half length to right; wearing wide collar and pedant; from a picture at Knowsley."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state, before shading added to block lettering of title and before text "from an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill" added to end of title. For later state with these additions, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0612.231., Early state of a plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 154 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.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Derby, Charlotte Stanley, countess of, 1599-1664, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill and Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, on either side of verses., Alternative title from later state; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date "1735" has been removed and title and publication line have been added to the plate; these changes constitute the second state according to Smith, amended to the fourth state by Russell., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Four lines of verse engraved below image: Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and imprint statement has been erased. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: K,58.180., Plate numbered "319" in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 220 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Printed for C. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham. This from a fine miniature after it by Lady Lucan, which is at Strawbery [sic] Hill., and "Ob. 1549"--Below oval border of image, centered.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., and Mounted on page 192 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.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., Mounted on page 243 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., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; oval image 8.6 x 6.8 cm, on sheet 13.6 x 9.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)