Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to the actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's and then to Mary and Agnes Berry after 1791. Trees flank either side of the house and a hedgerow separates the structure from the figures in the foreground. A man works in the garden on the left while a gentleman and lady walk arm in arm in the center of the image
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
"Portrait, half-length directed to right, wearing dark clerical vestments, bands and a short white wig, looking towards the viewer with his hands on his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printseller identified as J. Faber in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Price 1s. 6d.", After a painting by Eccardt, commissioned by Horace Walpole, that hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 626., and Mounted on page 92 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:
Sold [by J. Faber] at the Golden Head near the church, Bloomsbury Square
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Cornelis van Poelenburch, bust directed to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing an embroidered jacket and flat lace collar, with poitny beard and mustache; within oval; after a self-portrait."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. 2, p. 105"--Upper left corner., Engraved after a miniature on copper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 153 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):
Poelenburch, Cornelis van, approximately 1594-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate in Twickenham. The side of the cottage containing a large window faces the viewer, with the entrance and its portico facing left; a man, holding a cane in his right hand and carrying a folio volume under his left arm, walks away from the entrance. A watering can, a sickle, a wheelbarrow, and a rake are in the foreground; trees surround the cottage and are also visible in the background
Alternative Title:
Cottage, drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791
Description:
Title, statement of responsibility, and date written in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title, statement of responsibility, and date written by Horace Walpole below image on mounting page: The cottage, drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791., and Mounted on page 202 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Title etched below image., Possibly engraved after the pen drawing, attributed to Stefano della Bella by Horace Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of periodical name above image., Frontispiece to: The Literary magazine and British review ... London : Printed for the proprietors, v. 11 (July 1793)., "Literary magazine"--Above image., and Mounted on page 77 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:
Published as the act directs, 1 Aug. 1793, by J. Good, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"St. Mary Magdalene, lying on her stomach in a landscape left to right, her upper body naked, propping up her head with her right hand, reading a book supported with her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Tipped in at page 151 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:
Pullish'd [sic] June 1, 1790, by T. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Drawing of the door and front facade of the cottage on the grounds of Strawberry Hill. The gable roof portico is decorated with the letter "H" followed by three cross crosslets and then the letter "W", as well as with a star near the peak of the gable. Two rectangles (windows?) with images of tools flank the doorway; a short fence with a quatrefoil design is in the foreground
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written below image on mounting page, in Horace Walpole's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 176 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, Doors & doorways, Fences, Facades, and Dwellings
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Early state, before Mor's name was replaced by Holbein's in statement of responsibility. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 137 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:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Edward IV, seated upon his throne, crowned and dressed in his robes of state, receiving Earl Rivers and Caxton, who kneel before him, Rivers presenting the king with a book, Richard, Duke of Gloucester with other courtiers standing by the throne, surrounded by a foliate border, text in a cartouche decorated with a gothic border."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from explanatory text below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Mounted on page 63 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):
Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483., Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492., and Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483.
"Portrait; bust, facing three-quarter to left, eyes to the viewer; head completed; clothes outlined; background blank."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., The word "general" in title is followed by a superscript "X" which is repeated one line below with the explanation: The Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chorus to the 5th act of Henry 5th. Pope., Mounted on page 132 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 : stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 19.1 x 14.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
