- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 68c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a urn-shaped bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. On the side of the vase is a scene in bas-relief, taken from an antique by Fiammingo, of five naked boys surrounding a long-haired calf(?). The vase was formerly part of the Harleian collection
- Description:
- Title written in pencil below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., Possibly a preparatory sketch for a finished piece. Marginal notes in pencil indicate that there should be "4 ring[s]" in the coiled handles and that the right side of the drawing should be the "shade side"; a note within the vase's shadow indicates "shade"., and Mounted on page 68c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Vases, Urns, and Bas-reliefs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bronze vase [art original].
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- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 68b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing composed of two images of a vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The top image shows the vase full-length from the side, with human and animal figures visible on the upper part of the vessel. This ornamentation, a depictioin of a sacrifice to Priapus that wraps completely around the vase, is expanded horizontally in the bottom image so that the entire scene is visible
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 68b in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Priapus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bronze vase, antique [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1784]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
- Description:
- Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 156 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 on laid paper ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 23.3 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Thomas Kirgate
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1784] and [printing after 1798]
- Call Number:
- SH Views Ed25 no. 10 Box 105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 468"., First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798, vol. ii.
- Publisher:
- G.G. and J. Robinson
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the chimney-piece in the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill, the design of which was taken from the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Two silver andirons sit inside the chimney; three large jars and two beakers, also of silver, sit on the mantel above the chimney. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
- Description:
- Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 120 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Chimneypieces, Andirons, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney piece in Round Room [art original]
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arches forming a screen, the design for which was taken from the gates of the choir of Rouen. Wooden furniture lines the wall of the room at left, above which framed works of art hang. Across the room on the right is the chimneypiece designed after the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury; an embroidered firescreen and two blue vases sit in front of the fireplace. The ornate ceiling, taken from the Queen's dressing-room at Windsor, dominates the top half of the image; a large, colorful rug sits on the floor in the center of the room
- Alternative Title:
- Holbien Chamber
- Description:
- Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber., 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 117 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 (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Holbein Chamber [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
- 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 221 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Interiors, Chairs, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Great Cloyster [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
- Description:
- Title, statement of responsibility, and date written by Horace Walpole in brown ink on verso. and Tipped in at page 171 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Interiors, Chairs, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the interior of the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill. An arched doorway is at center, the door open and the Gallery and some of its furnishings visible beyond. The back of the door is decorated with Gothic tracery; the corners of the doorway, as well as the ceiling above, have quatrefoils in their ornamentation. Two armchairs upholstered in floral fabric sit on either side of the door. The chair on the left sits next to Japan cabinet with two branched candlesticks and the basalt head of Jupiter Serapis (?) on top of it; a vase decorated with arms and the ring device of the Medici rests beneath it. The chair on the right sits next to a Japan coffer on a gilt frame, a vase of Florentine fayence beneath it. On the wall above the door hangs the portrait of Margaret Lemon. Further left on the wall a landscape painting is partially visible; the left half of Nicolo Poussin's painting The education of Jupiter can be seen hanging on the wall to the right. The edge of a colorful rug is visible in the foreground
- 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 153 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Furniture, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Round Drawing-Room [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained-glass windows are present; the walls are covered in Gothic ornamentation
- Description:
- John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Title, statement of responsibility, and date on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., and Formerly mounted on page 24 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View from the hall at Strawberry Hill [art original]