Drawing of a small head in basalt of Jupiter Serapis wearing the modius, a flat-topped cylindrical headdress or crown. This small statue was purchased by Sir William Hamilton from the Barberini Collection at Rome, was later sold to the Duchess of Portland, and was then bought by Horace Walpole upon her death. It was kept in either the Beauclerk Closet or the Round Room at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 157 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.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Serapis (Egyptian deity),
Title written in pencil at bottom of the image., Drawing has been squared for transfer., and Possibly a preparatory drawing for Edward Edward's "Library at Strawberry Hill", The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 15.4 x 13.3 cm, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 101 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 14.2 x 11.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest in long robes to the left, the ornamented arches of the cathedral above them and the interior view stretching away into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 137 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 14.3 x 17.2 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Michael Dahl, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, a mantle about his shoulders and a banyan cap on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Probably engraved after Dahl's self-portrait in watercolor that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. 4, p. 6"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 57 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:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Dahl, Michael, 1659?-1743, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Michael Dahl, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, a mantle about his shoulders and a banyan cap on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Probably engraved after Dahl's self-portrait in watercolor that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. 4, p. 6"--Above image in upper right., Mounted on page 59 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., 1 print : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.5 x 11.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of volume and page number from top edge.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Dahl, Michael, 1659?-1743, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A small watercolor drawing of the east front of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
Description:
Title inscribed in an unidentified hand at bottom right corner of the image., A portion of the Vryheyt watermark visible at the bottom of the sheet. Cf. Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in paper, no. 84., Sheet torn at lower right edge, with loss of the three characters from the title: 'ken' in Twickenham., and Probably a drawing by an amateur, possibly after Müntz's 1758 drawing "East View of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex". Date based on similarity of plantings in the two drawings.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Mary Beale, with another of her son Charles; bust length to right; in oval on stone pedastal, portrait of Charles in oval to left; after C. Beale (?)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Beale and her son Charles
Description:
Title etched below image., Original drawings were formerly attributed to Mary Beale and are currently attributed tentatively to Charles Beale. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.157., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [that is 1780]., Probably engraved after the watercolor drawings that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 67"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 62 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:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,, Beale, Charles, 1660-1714,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the exterior of the offices at Strawberry Hill. The two-story building, with its paired arched windows and crenellated roofline, occupies most of the image. Trees are seen to the right and left of the structure; a green lawn is in the foreground and a cloud-filled sky is above. A man with a book(?) under his arm stands in the middle distance on the extreme right, near the corner of the building
Alternative Title:
Northeast view of the new offices at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 255 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)