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1.
[Mary only daughter of General Fairfax and wife of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham

Creator:
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1766]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary Fairfax Villiers, wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bust-length, shoulders slightly to right, head facing forward and glancing towards the viewer; wearing a gown with a single jewel or pearl hanging from the center of its low neckline; hair in curls
Description:
Title from note above image in Horace Walpole's hand., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility written below image in Horace Walpole's hand: S. Cooper pinx. ; Worlidge excudit., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., After a miniature by Cooper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 76 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Additional annotation in ink at bottom of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: She is mention'd in Grammont.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, Mary Villiers, Duchess of, 1638-1704, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Mary only daughter of General Fairfax and wife of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham] [graphic].

2.
Strawberry Hill, in Middlesex, the seat of the Honourable Horace Walpole [graphic]

Creator:
Wooding, John, active 1784-1791, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 October 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the gothic style house with castellated towers, pikelets and a spire with weathervane at back, seen from lawns in the foreground with two figures, thin trees surrounding the building and a bench in the garden at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales / by the most eminent British artists. London : Published by Harrison & Co., [1786-1788]., Mounted on page 13 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 15.2 x 20.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Octr. 1, 1788, by Harrison and Co., No. 18, Paternoster-Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, and Estates
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Strawberry Hill, in Middlesex, the seat of the Honourable Horace Walpole [graphic]

3.
[Strawberry-Hill] [graphic]

Creator:
Wollaston, Charlton, 1733-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
1754.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., 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 The letters "ollaston" added in brown ink by Horace Walpole after the monogrammatic initials etched in lower left corner, completing the printmaker's last name "Wollaston."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Dwellings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Strawberry-Hill] [graphic]

4.
Charles, Duke of Richmond &c. 1778 [graphic]

Creator:
Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
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,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Charles, Duke of Richmond &c. 1778 [graphic]

5.
[Altar to Vespasian, with inscription] [art original].

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of the Roman sepulchral altar that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. The side of the altar bears an image in bas-relief of a man sacrificing; below the image is the inscription "TI. CLAVDIVS AVG. L. DOCILIS AEDITVS AEDIS FORTVNAE TVLLIANAE." An area at the top of the drawing is labeled "To be restored," and on the left and bottom edges are written the altar's height and width in feet. A bust of Vespasian, from the collection of Cardinal Ottoboni, stood on this altar
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Horace Walpole from curator., Date of production based on artist's death date., 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.
Subject (Name):
Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Classical antiquities, Altars, and Sacrifices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Altar to Vespasian, with inscription] [art original].

6.
A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Published / Created:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
229
Description:
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.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Country homes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill at Twickenham, Middlesex. With an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c.

7.
[Fleurons & vignettes to the Strawberry editions] [graphic].

Creator:
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Collection of small engravings from various works printed at Strawberry Hill. These include two fleurons, two decorated initial letters, two of Horace Walpole's bookplates (one printed on orange paper), and several vignettes, two of which are signed "C. Grignion sculp." Among the vignettes are several images of Strawberry Hill, one annotated "R. Bentley del." by Thomas Kirgate and another, printed in blue ink, annotated "J.H. Muntz del." by Horace Walpole. In addition to the arms on Walpole's bookplates, the Walpole crest is depicted on one vignette (annotated "Wale des." by Thomas Kirgate) and the Buckingham coat of arms with the motto "Templa quam dilecta" is depicted on another. Also included is a portrait in profile of Antonio Magliabechi, done from a medal; this is an early state of the plate printed on the title page of: Spence, J. A parallel : in the manner of Plutarch ... [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand near bottom of page., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled this collection., Sheets trimmed to or within plate marks., and Prints mounted together on page 188 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):
Magliabechi, Antonio, 1633-1714,
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Fleurons & vignettes to the Strawberry editions] [graphic].

8.
[Frobenius, the printer] [graphic]

Creator:
Visscher, Lambert, approximately 1631-approximately 1691, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1664?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Johannes Froben, bust to left, wearing fur-trimmed coat; in a circle on a pedestal."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink within pedestal below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., State lacking title and without year "1664" following printmaker's signature. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,7.177., Place and date of publication from description of variant state in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 101 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):
Froben, Johann, -1527
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Frobenius, the printer] [graphic]

9.
Catherine Lady Walpole [graphic]

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1752]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Catherine Lady Walpole [graphic]

10.
Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1776]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr. [graphic]

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