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1.
Abraham Cowley from the original by Lely in the collection at Strawberry Hill / [art original]

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1807 and 1812?]
Call Number:
SH Contents H263 no. 5 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written below image in artist's hand.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Abraham Cowley from the original by Lely in the collection at Strawberry Hill / [art original]

2.
Ben Holbrook, a walking stationer [art original]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
Drawings N736 no. 11 Box D141
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Benjamin Holbrook, shown full-length in profile, walking to the left, holding with a long white staff in his right hand, clutching two memorandum books in his left hand, heading towards Fleet Market, with the west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral visible in the background. His eyes being closed and the presence of the staff indicate his blindness, and the patched elbow of his three-quarter-length coat his poverty
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower left portion of image., Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower right corner., Numbered "25" in top center., For the related print, entitled "Ben Holbrook, the walking stationer" and published 16 July 1783 by William Wells, see Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 542, no. 1., and Mounted with narrow paper mount.
Subject (Name):
Holbrook, Benjamin, active 1783, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Stationery
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ben Holbrook, a walking stationer [art original]

3.
Bilson Bp. Winton [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 23. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bilson Bishop Winton and Bilson Bishop Winchester
Description:
Title inscribed in upper right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 23 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bilson, Thomas, 1546 or 1547-1616,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bilson Bp. Winton [art original].

4.
Bp. Wainfleet [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 9. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bishop Wainfleet and Bishop Waynflete
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 9 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Waynflete, William, 1395?-1486,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bp. Wainfleet [art original].

5.
Bp. of Worcester [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 39. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bishop of Worcester
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 39 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hough, John, 1651-1743,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bp. of Worcester [art original].

6.
Caroline, Queen of England [graphic]

Creator:
Contencin, P., artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1820]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 98 Box D166
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Queen Caroline seated on a red armchair wearing a black dress with frilled collar and a black feather hat
Description:
Title written in ink below image., 'P. Contencin’ is possibly Peter Contencin, 1760-1829, born in Islington and married to Elizabeth Leekey, 1760-1805., and Paper watermarked 'Weatherley & Lane 1818'.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britian.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
Subject (Topic):
Queens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline, Queen of England [graphic]

7.
Cornelius Jansen [art original].

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 53 D18 828 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, leaf 50. Scrapbooks.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Cornelius Janssen
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting sheet., A reversed copy of a crayon drawing by George Vertue, which was later engraved by Thomas Chambars for Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painting in England. For Vertue's original drawing, which was done after a portrait by Adriaen Hanneman, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3664.8., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on leaf 50 in volume 1 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
Subject (Name):
Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cornelius Jansen [art original].

8.
Dr. Richard Fiddes [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 33 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Name):
Fiddes, Richard, 1671-1725,
Subject (Topic):
Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Richard Fiddes [art original].

9.
Edgar [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975,
Subject (Topic):
Kings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Edgar [art original].

10.
Edward [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Edward, King of England, 962?-978,
Subject (Topic):
Kings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Edward [art original].

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