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1.
The portraiture of the illustreous Princesse Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lenox ... [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1800]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond, three-quarter length standing in a room wearing elaborate jewellery; a deceptive copy of the late XVIIIc of the print by Willem de Passe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portraiture of the illustrious Princess Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... daugter [sic] of Thomas Ld. Howard of Bindon, sonne of Thomas Duke of Norfok., whose mother was Elisabeth daughter of Edward Duke of Buckingham., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.116., Text below title: Anno 1623 insculptum a Guilh. Passeo Londinum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 116 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, engraving and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.4 x 15.6 cm, on laid paper mount 26.8 x 17.4 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from bottom edge.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The portraiture of the illustreous Princesse Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lenox ... [graphic].

2.
[Chair of oak from Glastonbury Abbey] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[late 18th century?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the front and back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. In the border of the print is etched a reproduction of the Latin text that was carved into the chair
Alternative Title:
Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text within print border: Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine; outside of the right arm, Sit Laus Deo; on the inside of [the] rt. arm, Joannes Arthurus; on the inside of [the] back, Monacus Glastonie; inside left arm, salvet eum Deus., Questionable date of publication supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 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 on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 16.5 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Chair of oak from Glastonbury Abbey] [graphic].

3.
[Christ deposited in the sepulchre] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior of a cave, the body of Christ being lowered on a sheet by three men and a woman. St. Mary Magdalene kneels and kisses his feet at left, the Virgin supported by a holy woman at center
Description:
Title devised by curator., After a painting by Raphael., Questionable date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Mat: 27" and "Mar: 15" etched below image in lower right., 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 P ress (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Contemporary manuscript annotation in lower margin: Raphael p.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Crucifixion
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Christ deposited in the sepulchre] [graphic].

4.
Gulielmi Warham [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Subject (Topic):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gulielmi Warham [graphic].

5.
Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].

Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the monument to the memory of Kitty Clive that was erected by Horace Walpole at Little Strawberry Hill. The monument consists of an urn sitting upon a pedestal that bears the inscription: Ye smiles and jests still hover round; this is mirths consecrated ground; here lived the laughter loving dame, a matchless actress, Clive her name; the Comic Muse with her retired, and shed a tear when she expired. H.W.
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., and Mounted on page 194 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):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Monuments & memorials, and Urns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].

6.
[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].

7.
[Lantern at Strawberry Hill] [art original]

Creator:
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing depicting the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the well of the staircase at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Statement of responsibility from pencil annotation, probably in Thomas Kirgate's hand, on mounting page below image., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 25 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):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Lamps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Lantern at Strawberry Hill] [art original]

8.
The shrine as now erected [art original].

Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the shrine, which was erected in Rome in the year 1256, as it looked when displayed in the chapel at Strawberry Hill. It is depicted from both the front and the side, with only minimal detail included apart from the outline. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the sheet, a note of "Whole hight [sic] 12. 8 1/2" runs along the right side, and the dimensions of other parts of the shrine are written at various places within the image
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 174 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 (Topic):
Shrines
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The shrine as now erected [art original].

9.
[A Dutch surgeon dressing a boor's leg] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior of a surgery: a surgeon sits on a barrel and operates on the lower left leg of a peasant man who is writhing in pain. An old woman stands behind them with her arm in a sling. Shelves are on the walls in the background; a stuffed animal hangs from the ceiling
Description:
Title devised by curator., Possibly after a painting by Brouwer, first owned by Sir Robert Walpole and subsequently by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. See: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842], page 132., 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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Surgery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A Dutch surgeon dressing a boor's leg] [graphic].

10.
Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma fra' il Circo

Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Illustration of a bronze vase that was excavated in Rome in 1702. At center is a side view of the vase, with a depiction of a sacrifice to Priapus, which wraps around the back of the vase, expanded horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., 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., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Possibly an image of the bronze vase 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Priapus and Vases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla. [graphic]

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