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)
Inscription on verso, in ink: "Entrance of the villa at Strawberry Hill. E.E. 1781.", Signed and dated lower right corner of image: "E.E. 1781"., Numbered in pencil on verso: "No. J"., Note in pencil in unknown hand: "The print of this in the Description, 1784 has slight differences: pot with shrub missing, includes more at right, + top. This is surely Edward's original watercolor for the famous print however.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Edward Edwards (1738-1806), English artist, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy, London., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
Description:
Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?, On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Inscription in ink on verso, unknown hand: "Strawberry Hill Middx.", Signature in ink on wash-lined mount: "E.E.", Wash-lined mount framed with gold ink., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Edward Edwards (1738-1806), English artist, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy, London., and This drawing is possibly one of a collection dispersed at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, day viii, lot 154. Chewton Collection of Lord Waldegrave, to W.S. Lewis, 1948.
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above
Description:
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]., and Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title assigned by curator., Signed lower right: "E.E." [i.e. Edward Edwards]., Image on contemporary mount with wash lines and gold ink., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Edward Edwards (1738-1806), English artist, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy, London., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
A flirtatious young couple under a pear tree: The male suitor is half-climbing the tree with one hand supporting himself on a branch and the other dropping freshly picked pears into the upraised apron of his companion. The couple stare lovingly into each others eyes and a the man's walking stick and hat rest on the ground off to the side
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Artist and date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
A half-length portrait of Sir Edward Walpole dressed in a blue coat and waistcoat with a red sash. He wears on his breast the insignia of the Order of the Garter
Title devised by cataloger., A cabinet of ebony veneer with gilding, oak and mahogany; composition ornaments; gilt metal mounts and handles; mounted on the top, sides and door fronts with drawings in watercolor and pencil on paper, set in glazed gilt-metal frames, showing children and other figures and designs for a Wedgwood plate and alternative designs for Wedgwood flower tubs. The sides with black and white jasperware plaques and semi-precious stones. The stand set with lapis lazuli and reverse painting on glass showing strawberries and the Walpole shield and crest. The drawer fronts set with pierced enamel roundels, a blue and white Wedgwood jasperware plaque and semi-precious and other stones including agate, breccia, bloodstone, chalcedony and jasper. Formerly in the Great North bedchamber, Strawberry Hill., Text from 1774 Description of the Villa, (annotated copy at The Lewis Walpole Library (49 2523), additions since the Appendix in HW's hand: An Ebony Cabinet ornameted with drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerc with lapis lazuli, agates, enamels, Wedgwood bas reliefs bronze& other Decorations. The Form was designed by E. Edwards & it was executed in 1784., Text from 1784 Description of the Villa, 84 [Great North Bedchamber]: Additions...In the Great Bedchamber. An ebony cabinet, ornamented with or moulu, lapis-lazuli, agates, pieces of ancient enamel, bas-reliefs of Wedgwood, and nine capital drawings of a gipsy girl and beautiful children by lady Diana Beauclerc, with other drawings by her; and with strawberries and Mr. Walpole's arms and crest. The design of the cabinet by Mr. E. Edwards, in 1783., Brass plate inside the door engraved: "This cabinet was ordered by and Made at the Expense of Mr. Horace Walpole in 1784 to received the Drawings which were all design'd and executed by the Right Honorable Lady Diana Beauclerc. The cabinet was design'd by Mr. E. Edwards.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A beautiful ebony and gold cabinet, enriched with 17 rare original drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerc[sic], and medallions studded with precious stones, lapis lazuli, cornelian, agates, &c., and with strawberries, and Mr. Walpole's arms and crest, on gothic stand with gilt border. The cabinet was designed by Mr. E. Edwards expressly for Mr. Walpole, in 1783., and Drawings from approximately 1777 and later; enamels made in Augsburg, approximately 1680. Cf. Snodin, M., ed. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in 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)
