Detailed plan of the grounds, buildings, and gardens at Strawberry Hill, as viewed from above. The boundaries of Horace Walpole's property are delineated with a red dotted line, and the roads and properties immediately adjacent are shown. Some features, including the River Thames at the bottom of the drawing, are labeled in ink within the drawing itself; other features are labeled with capital letters that are explained in a key below. A scale for the drawing is included beneath the key
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink at bottom of sheet., Attribution to John Carter and date range for production from curator., and Mounted on page 2 (formerly A) 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)
Title etched below image., Plate from: The antiquarian repertory. London : Printed for the proprietors, and sold by Francis Blyth ... and T. Evans ..., 1775, v. 1, opposite page 89., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on page 74 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.
Drawn frontispiece to A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... at Strawberry-Hill ... . A structure of Gothic design is depicted, with the abridged title of the book at its center. Alcoves in the structure hold statues on either side of title; the statue on the right is a knight in armor. The Walpole family crest is drawn in gold below the title and the Walpole motto "Fari quae sentiat" appears within a banner on the ground in front of the structure
Description:
Title written in ink and gold paint at center of design., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount below image., and Mounted on page 9 (formerly H) 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)
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Horace Walpole's copiously extra-illustrated copy, folio (65 x 48 cm), with Walpole's arms stamped on covers and with notes by Walpole and Thomas Kirgate. Drawings or proofs before letter are substituted for many of the original plates. Plates wanting - entrance of Strawberry Hill (Drawings removed from framing?). See W.S. Lewis's notes., Items removed from volume are shelved in two solander boxes., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from text etched within banner at bottom of image., Printmaker identified by Horace Walpole in his copy of Gray's Odes in The Lewis Walpole Library., Publication information from book in which this plate was published., Frontispiece to: Ode on the death of a favourite cat., Plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Mounted on page 83 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 on laid paper ; sheet 26.8 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Genealogical table of the Walpole family starting with Edward I and Reginald de Walpole, and ending with descendants born by January 1776
Description:
Title from item., Mounted on page 199 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., and With Horace Walpole's manuscript notes and with the quarterings and coat of arms elaborately hand-colored.
Publisher:
Horace Walpole
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole family. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An English crown coin; on the left of the design, the obverse of the crowned bust of Edward VI facing right with his titles in Latin around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, bears the king's arms and motto "TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE MDXLVII,"
Alternative Title:
Remarkable piece of King Edward VI
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., "Dw. 20, gr. 3"--Below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 88 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):
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View in Twickenham; two men fishing in river surrounded by reeds in foreground to right; trees and shrubbery on the left; grand houses fronting river running across centre of view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Names of the owners of the represented houses are engraved in lower margin above title: Lord Radnor's; Mr. Hudson's; Mr. Pope's now Sr. Wm. Stanhope's; Lady Ferrers's; Mrs. Backwell's., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 178 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 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:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from text etched within banner at bottom of image., Printmaker from signature on lettered state: J.S. Müller sc., Variant state, probably a proof before letters, of a plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Publication information from book in which the lettered state of this plate was published., Frontispiece to: Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on page 84 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.
Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower part of plate, to the left of image., "Tab. XVI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 141 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 on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 17.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; head and shoulders to left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a square-necked dark gown, dark head-dress decorated with pearls and pearl necklace; from a miniature; in a rectangular filled border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anne Boleyn
Description:
Title etched below image., Presumably after a miniature by Samuel Wale after Lucas Horenbout. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.6199., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 135 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 and etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery; aged 81; half length, to left, veil over head; coats of arms at top corners; with false title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Pennant, T. A tour in Scotland: MDCCLXXII. Part II. London : Printed for Benj. White, 1776., Numbered "XLIV" in upper left corner and "358" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 118 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., and Title modified in brown ink by Horace Walpole, with "Dorset and Pembroke, only daughter of the Earl of" written in the space between first and second lines of text below image.
Publisher:
Benjamin White
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676,
"Portrait of the Duchess of Somerset, three quarter length, nearly full face, standing, holding gloves and miniature."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anne Stanhope Duchess of Somerset, widow of the Protector
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 97 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 with etching on wove paper ; sheet 21.8 x 13.7 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on view
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched near the bottom of the plate, to the left of the tripod., "Tab. XII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 119 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 on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, bust directed to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer; within oval frame with cartouche at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Antony van Dyck and Anthony van Dyck
Description:
Title from text in 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]., Text below image: From an original in the collection of the Honble. Mr. Walpole., "Vol. 2, 87"--Upper right corner., Engraved after a self-portrait by van Dyck that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 150 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 : engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.1 x 12.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible through a gap in the trees. In the foreground stands the obelisk on a knoll, behind and to the right of which is the cottage with sheep in front. At left, cows graze on the lawn in front of the villa, and behind them a man and a woman walk on a path towards the house. On the far right another man walks along the road
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 10 (formerly I) 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),
Depiction of seven Roman weights(?), numbered in Roman numerals from I to VII. The sides of the circular objects bear pictures of various heads, beasts, objects and symbols. Three of the objects have their obverse and reverse depicted side by side, the two faces connected with a horizontal double line. All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched in lower center, below object numbered "VI"., "Tab. XVIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 94 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.
Depiction of eleven antiquarian coins, numbered in Roman numerals from I to XI. The eight at the top of the plate have the obverse shown above and the reverse below (the two sides connected by a double line), and the three at the bottom of the plate have the obverse shown on the left and the reverse shown on the right (similarly connected by lines). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched in lower center, to the right of object numbered "X"., "Tab. XIX"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 94 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.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: Grose, F. Supplement to A treatise on ancient armour, being illustrations of ancient and Asiatic armour & weapons. London : Printed for S. Hooper, 1789., and Mounted on page 72 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. 20 May 1789 by S. Hooper
Subject (Topic):
Arms & armament, Arrows, Axes, Daggers & swords, and Shields
Theatrical scene in a prison, after Hogarth's painting illustrating Gay's "The Beggar's Opera". Audience members are shown seated in boxes to the left and right; in the centre, the character of Macheath, a highwayman, stands in shackles; on either side of him, his wife and lover are kneeling before their respective fathers, pleading for intervention on Macheath's behalf; in the background, a group of male figures (Macheath's gang?). Each figure is numbered and listed below under the appropriate category -- performers or audience
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Key plate to the painting by Hogarth and the engraving after it by William Blake., Mounted on page 162 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 on wove paper ; sheet 14.6 x 22 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in pencil in lower right corner: Some of the figures in the boxes are different from those in Mr. Walpole's picture.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 1, 1790, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Actresses, Audiences, and Theatrical productions
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing depicting Pope Benedict XIV, in profile to the left, wearing clerical dress and cap
Alternative Title:
Benedict XIV
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Possibly drawn from a wax model kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 58 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):
Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Benedictus XIV de Lambertinis Bononiensis : Pontifex Maximus creatus die XVII Augusti 1740
Description:
Title engraved in image., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 59 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.
Wash drawing depicting one face of a bridge spanning a stream, with a depiction of the bridge's footprint drawn below. A scale bar is present at the bottom
Description:
Title from note below image in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Attribution to James Essex from annotation in Horace Walpole's hand on verso: Design for the face of a bridge over the rivulet at Twickenham which runs by Mr. Walpole's flower-garden and crosses the road between that and Mr. Briscoe's garden. Drawn by Mr. Essex., Date of production from local catalog card., Annotated in a later hand on verso: N. the back woud. run[?] to the angle of Mr. Briscoe's pole & the front woud. look sideways towards Mr. Walpole's garden, so as to be seen from the window of the Great Bedchamber., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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)
Drawing of the inside of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Small paintings hang on the walls; figurines, small statues, and urns fill the niches in the walls. The rosewood cabinet, in which Horace Walpole kept enamels and miniatures, is mounted on the wall near the center of the image. Two stools with red cloth occupy the corners. A domed ceiling with a yellow star at its center is seen above; the carpet below mirrors the ceiling in having a large yellow star among its ornamentation
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 126 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, Galleries (Display spaces)., Cabinets (Case furniture)., Sculpture, and Urns
"Portrait of Henry Beaufort, half-length, slightly turned to the right, his hair tonsured, a cope about his shoulders over his surplice and a galero hanging on the wall to the right."--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., Mounted on page 175 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 and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Louise de Savoie (but falsely named Catherine of Aragon), bust directed to right, wearing a dark head-dress; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal; a cartouche below showing Catherine of Aragon in front of the papal legate."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Catherine of Aragon
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Mounted on page 99 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:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531,, Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Catherine Howard; half length, turned to the right and looking towards the viewer, her hands clasped, wearing French hood edged with pearls, and pearl necklace; in oval frame, with curtain falling to the left, partly covering Catherine's decapitated head which is seen lying next to an axe on the ground to right; a Spirit with a half-extinguished torch by his side sits beside the head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Catherine Howard Queen of King Henry VIII
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., 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):
Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees; curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'FARI QVÆ SENTIAT'; balustrade on right; curtain above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publication information from that of the volume in which this plate appeared., Plate from: 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 130 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., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22 x 15.5 cm.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decr. 21st, 1778.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait seated in profile to left reading book within rectangular frame, wearing dark coat, ruffles and his hair tied with ribbon, tree behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Scratched-letter state; plate was later reworked and republished by W. Dickinson and T. Watson on 21 December 1782, with the text below image reengraved and expanded. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.259., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 168 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):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806,
Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the chimneypiece, designed by Richard Bentley, commissioned by Horace Walpole for the Blue Bed Chamber of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Chimney in the Blue Bedchamber
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., 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 64 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 with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 15.1 x 12.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the chimneypiece, designed by Richard Bentley, commissioned by Horace Walpole for the Yellow Bed Chamber (Beauty Room) of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Chimney in the Yellow Bedchamber
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., 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 44 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 with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17.7 x 14 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate marrk.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the chimney-piece and associated items in the China Closet at Strawberry Hill. In the niche above the chimney are the faience ewer, the green glass tumblers, and the glass salt cellars that were kept there; over the niche can be seen additional cups of faience and the bronze medallion. The arms of Talbot, Bridges, Sackville, and Walpole adorn the lower part of the chimney, and a jar of blue and white china sits inside of it. 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 29 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)
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
Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the chimneypiece, built from a design by Richard Bentley chiefly taken from the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury, that was commissioned by Horace Walpole for the Holbein Chamber of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Chimneypiece of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Mounted on page 95 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 with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 20.9 x 14 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The naked body of Christ laid on a stone slab covered with a cloth, supported by Mary Magdalen; the Virgin fainting and a crowd of mourners; the crown of thorns and the nails on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Plate from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the Empress of Russia ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., Text below title: Print the size of the picture., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 203 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., and Note in brown ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mounting page: See page 68 preceding.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Caius Gabriel Cibber, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, holding a pair of compasses in his hand, dressed in a black doublet with a wide collar and plain cuffs and with his hair scrolling to his shoulders, the title on the plinth below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a watercolor drawing by Christian Richter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., 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 to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 80"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 56 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):
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing depicting a rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill, with Gothic tracery running longitudinally in parallel rows
Alternative Title:
Ceiling under the stairs
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; part of the word "cieling" has been rubbed from sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Watercolor drawing of the rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill. A sexfoil is at center, with Gothic tracery extending above and below
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Hall
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand., and Mounted on page 95 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, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
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.
Portrait; bust-length, head and shoulders to left; wearing a crown and ermine-lined robes of state; detail from a painting depicting the marriage of Henry VII; in a rectangular filled border
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., and Mounted on page 106 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. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait as a young man; head and shoulders directed and looking to left, wearing a doublet with puffed sleeves and a high collar, and a cap with a plume, set at a tilt; after Holbein; in a rectangular frame."--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., Mounted on page 98 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 18.7 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Printmaker unidentified; after a drawing by Paul Sandby., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 12 (formerly J) 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:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, as seen through a grove of trees
Alternative Title:
East view of the cottage-garden at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., 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 183 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., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.6 x 20.5 cm.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Barry
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 170 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. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of a wooden barn on the left, with a small square house surrounded by a picket fence beyond and a row of trees running between them; a whet-stone standing near a log in the field in front and a man in the right foreground (Thomas Kirgate, the printer) standing holding a volume tucked under his arm
Description:
Title etched below image., Also signed in image: E.E. 1783., Later state, with aquatint added. For earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views Ed25 no. 8+., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 187 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 Feby. 1st, 1784, by F. Jukes, No. 1 Great Marylebone Street
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810., Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched twice in lower part of plate, once below each image., "Tab. II"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 155 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 on laid paper ; sheet 19.6 x 17.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Figures painted on the bottoms and sides of pots used for funerary rights. These objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Tab. V"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 39 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 26.8 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Portrait of John Fisher, bust-length, in an oval lettered with the title and surmounted by the papal tiara and crossed keys, dressed in a fur-trimmed chimere over his rochet with a Canterbury cap on his head, his decapitated head, a mitre and a child carrying a galero below to the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,68.90., 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., Mounted on page 99 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 : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 36.3 x 22.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535, and Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 110 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., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in brown ink below title: The original, which was Richardson's, is now at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Double portrait of Frances Brandon and Adrian Stokes; she on the left, holding a glove in her right hand on a cushion, touching her necklace with the other, he on the right, holding his gloves to his chest in his left hand; with a cartouche on the base of the plinth forming the lower part of the frame."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of nine plates Vertue engraved of 'Historical Portraitures' (see Alexander nos. 854-857, 921-924 and 954), from copies he made after paintings relating to the Tudor family, issued in three parts: the first four were published in 1743 and advertised in his 1751 catalogue at £1.11s.6d; the second four were published in 1748 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £1.1s; the last print was published in 1750 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £7.7s. They were all republished as a set by the Society of Antiquaries in 1776, together with Vertue's notes on the pictures which he presented to the Society and plate numbers."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Frances Duchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr
Description:
Title engraved within cartouche below image., Determined to be the republished state from 1776 based on the type of paper on which the plate is printed., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was published., Plate from: Vertue, G. A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. [London] : Republished by the Society [of Antiquaries of London], 1776., Three lines of text below image, on either side of cartouche containing title: This Noble Lady was eldest daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Dutchess; she was married to Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk &c. the mother of Lady Jane Grey who was proclaimed Queen., "From an original in the cabinet of the Honble. Horace Walpole Junr. Esqr."--Lower left corner of plate., "Most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient servant G. Vertue"--Lower right corner of plate., "Pl. IV"--Above image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.1932., and Mounted on page 100 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:
Society of Antiquaries of London
Subject (Name):
Suffolk, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of, 1517-1559,, Stokes, Adrian, 1519-1585,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Liotard
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]., Design consists of two portraits, each with the sitter's name etched below; the larger portrait of "Frederick Zincke" is centered in a rectangle, while the smaller portrait of "Liotard" is in an oval in the lower right corner of the rectangle., "Vol. 4, p. 91"--Upper right corner., Portrait of Liotard engraved after a self-portrait in enamel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 136 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 drypoint on wove paper ; sheet 6.5 x 4.7 cm., and Imperfect; only the smaller portrait of Liotard is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767,, Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of an inside wall of St. Albans Cathedral that includes a detailed depiction of an arched double door and the outline of a window above it. A horizontal row of trefoils separates the door from the window; an alcove with an empty pedestal is seen on either side of the door. The ornate doors are decorated with Gothic tracery. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Horace Walpole used the door depicted in this drawing as a model for the doors in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 104 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):
St. Albans Cathedral
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments and Doors & doorways
Drawing of the view looking down the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. Paintings hang on the walls and busts and urns sit on tables and pedestals throughout the room. The wall on the left houses a row of windows. The wall on the right, punctuated wtih arched alcoves and a fireplace, is lined with four red settees. A long rug covers the floor. An ornate ceiling can be seen above
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 105 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, and Galleries (Display spaces).
Drawing of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and the grounds beyond, with trees on either side
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on 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)
Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with half figure of Omphale (VI); a caprice on white cornelian combining the head of Socrates with a peacock and an elephant holding a scepter (X); and a cameo on agate of an Egyptian duck (XIII). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Alternative Title:
Qvadorvm trivmphvs and Quadorum triumphus
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Text on large, circular medallion numbered "XIV" at bottom of plate: Qvadorvm trivmphvs., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Tab. XXI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 130 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 with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 16.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne; half-length to left, with head turned to look to front; wearing cap, open coat and shirt; his left hand inside the breast of his coat
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Frontispiece to: The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. In three volumes. London : Printed; and sold by J. Osborn, 1736., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 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.
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1793]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Hamilton, half-length, in an oval, his head slightly turned to the right, with extremely long curling hair, in armour with etched pauldrons and a lace jabot and a black ribbon knotted about his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont ... A new translation, with notes and illustrations ... London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., 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:
Pubd. Sep. 20, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, No. 102 Pall Mall
Plan of the ground floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to O, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include the Great Parlour (A), the Great Cloyster (K), the Servants Hall (H), and the Kitchen (N). The locations outside the structure of the Prior's Garden and the road are shown on the right side of the plate. A compass in the upper right corner shows the direction of north
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., 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 15 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 on laid paper ; sheet 33.6 x 23.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of the tomb in Canterbury Cathedral of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Probably an illustration to an unidentified volume., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "P. 489"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 201 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., and Note in Thomas Kirgate's hand below title: From which the chimney in the Holbein room is taken.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Warham, William, 1450?-1532. and Canterbury Cathedral
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched at the bottom of each of the three images., "Tab. XVII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 138 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.
Plate showing six helmets arranged in three rows, each with a number (1 to 6) etched above
Description:
Title etched below image; plate number etched above image., Imperfect; only the helmet engraved in upper left corner of plate is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away. Description based on more perfect impression., Plate from: Grose, F. Supplement to A treatise on ancient armour, being illustrations of ancient and Asiatic armour & weapons. London : Printed for S. Hooper, 1789., and Mounted on page 72 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.
"A bust of Henry VII, with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left, the sculpture upon a plinth lettered "Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX", masonry behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text on plinth in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Engraved after a sculpture formerly attributed to Torrigiano., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Text below image, centered: In the possession of the Honorable Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, Middx. (Drawn to half the size of the original)., "The drawing in [the] possn. of R. Bull Esqr."--Below lower left corner of image., and Tipped in at page 95 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:
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Carter, Hamilton Street Hyde Park Corner
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fabric in his hands, a fanciful depiction of the mounted St. George swinging his sword at the flying dragon on the hills behind, a broken lance on the ground, the princess and her hound watching, castles and forests beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family and Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
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 on the staircase at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 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., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.3 x 16.8 cm.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait; head and shoulders directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, his shirt open, wearing a close cap decorated with a trellis pattern, tied under his chin; in a roundel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; circular image 10.5 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 13.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1794 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1519-1536,
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state. For a later state with the text "From an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Orford at Strawberry Hill" added at bottom of plate and shading added to the block lettering of title, see: British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., A later state of this plate was published in: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone that 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:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing depicting a head of King Henry III carved in oak. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
Alternative Title:
Henry III
Description:
Title from note in black ink below image, perhaps in the artist's hand., Artist's name added by Horace Walpole in brown ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Three lines of descriptive text written below title in black ink: This head (carv'd in oak) is in the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough Northamton shire and was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Norn. shire about 40 years ago. Henry the Third endow'd this church. This drawing is half the size of the original head., Two additional annotations by Horace Walpole in brown ink are present; below the descriptive text is written "The upper part above the crown is modern, and the date wrong" and at the bottom of the sheet is written "Now at Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill.", and Mounted on page 73 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):
England.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The young Hercules wrestling with serpents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.1300., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, formerly owned by Sir Robert Walpole, that was subsequently acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 156 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., and Annotation in a contemporary hand (possibly that of Horace Walpole) in lower left corner: The orig. was Sr. R. Walpole's.
Portrait of Mrs. Damer, seated and leaning her left arm against a pedestal, with a bouquet of flowers in her left hand
Alternative Title:
Honorable Anne Damer
Description:
Title etched below image., Tipped in at page 201 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 with etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.6 x 24.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1793, by S. Watts, No. 9 Kennington Cross, Lambeth, & to be had of T. Ryder, No. 43 Great Titchfield St., Oxford Road
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 8 (formerly G) 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., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 35.9 x 25.7 cm.
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half-length directed to the left, hands clasped in prayer; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed with plate mark., Engraved after a drawing that was done after a picture kept by Horace Walpole in the chapel at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 175 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. May 1, 1783, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half length, to the right, looking to the right almost in profile; bald, wearing fur trimmed robe; in rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King and Protector
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 175 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 and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.8 x 14.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incense (III). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched three times at bottom of plate, once below each object depicted., "Tab. XIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 146 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 on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 20.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Three ancient Roman objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include a Roman bulla (I); a miniature of a Roman lady and her son, the boy with a bulla at his neck (II); and a Calcedonian stone that was used as an ornament to a horse of a triumphal chariot (III). The objects on which this image is based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex auro" etched below object numbered "I"; "e vitro" etched below object numbered "II"; "e chalcedonio" etched below object numbered "III"., "Tab. III"--Upper right corner., 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 : etching with engraving and stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 15.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Depiction of four antiquarian statues and busts, three of which have Roman numeral numbering above. All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Caput ex aere, reliqua" etched on the left side and "e marmore" etched on the right side of lower left object numbered "III"; "ex aere" etched to the right of lower right object that is unnumbered., "Tab. XIV"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 146 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 on laid paper ; sheet 25.4 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Depiction of three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book (I); a bronze statue of a sacrificing priest (II); and a bronze statue of a bagpiper (III). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex ebore" etched below object numbered "I"; "ex aere" etched twice, once beside object numbered "II" and once beside object numbered "III"., "Tab. IX"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 145 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 on laid paper ; sheet 26.1 x 18.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
A statue of an ibis; neck craned backwards, head pointed to the sky; standing on a cylindrical pedestal. After the statute that was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched at the bottom of the plate., "Tab. X"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 119 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 on laid paper ; sheet 25.5 x 19 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Three arched windows at slight angles to other another are depicted, the middle window enclosed with iron rails
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 22 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):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, and Windows
"Portrait of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a neckerchief and brocaded jacket with star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval; an owl and books below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Duke of Lauderdale
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dysart"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Mounted on page 48 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:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini
Subject (Name):
Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682 and Dysart, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of, 1708-1770.
"Portrait, half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing embroidered doublet, cloak over left shoulder, and ruff, with moustache and short curled hair, one hand on hip; in oval."--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]., "Vol. 1, p. 152"--Upper right corner., Engraved after a self-portrait miniature by Oliver that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 136 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 wove paper ; sheet 17.3 x 13.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 108 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):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. Iconographia Scotica; or, Portraits of illustrious persons of Scotland. London : I. Herbert, 1797., Mounted on page 102 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 with etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.5 x 12.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Published 1st November 1794 by I. Herbert, No. 29 Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury
Subject (Name):
James V, King of Scotland, 1512-1542 and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811
Double portrait of King Richard III and his Queen, full-length, in robes and crowned
Alternative Title:
King Richard the Third and Queen Anne
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1768., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after a drawing formerly hung in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 52 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:
J. Dodsley
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of a bas-relief with decorative frame by Diana Beauclerk, one of two that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill. The figure in wax of two boys is shown at center; the surrounding frame houses eight cameos interspersed with images of bows and draped garland
Description:
Title from note in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mounting page below image., Statement of responsibility written in ink in lower left corner of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand., Additionally annotated "Not so broad" by Horace Walpole in lower right corner of sheet., and Mounted on page 49 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.
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 33.4 cm., and Annotated "v. p. 93" by Horace Walpole in brown ink on mounting page, below lower right corner of sheet.
"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--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., Mounted on page 98 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 with etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.9 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched below image of large funerary lamp at top of plate., "Tab. VIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 180 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.
Portrait of the Countess de Gramont; half length to right, glancing towards the viewer; wearing a rich loose gown and embroidered shawl
Alternative Title:
Mademoiselle d'Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont and Mademoiselle de Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont. [Twickenham] : Imprimée à Strawberry-Hill, 1772., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "P. 92"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 161 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):
Gramont, Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de, 1641-1708,
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., 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:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1715]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Lady Margaret Herbert, whole length, standing, wearing jewels in hair, earring, necklace, low dress, and holding drapery; curtain to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Margaret Smith, married to Sir Thomas Carey ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.341., "Ex Muséo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton"--Below title., Engraved after the painting, bought by Sir Robert Walpole from the Wharton Collection and afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 159 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., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 49.3 x 30.4 cm.
