- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image., Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left., Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames., and Formerly laid in at 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):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
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2.
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 22 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
- Alternative Title:
- Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
- Description:
- Title inscribed below design., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pagodas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]
3.
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 22 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
- Alternative Title:
- Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
- Description:
- Title inscribed below design., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pagodas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the view from Richmond Hill, with the Thames in the distance surrounded by fields and rows of trees. Two boats are on the river; people and horses are visible in the fields. On the road in the foreground are several men on horseback, a strolling man and woman with a dog running behind them, a milkmaid accompanied by a boy, and a coach driving to the right. A vast sky is above
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist below image, in lower left., and Formerly laid in at 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):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England) and Thames River (England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Rivers, Sailboats, Carriages & coaches, Pedestrians, and Horseback riding
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.05.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from the poem
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., "Canto XVII"--Following title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1, 1814 by W.N. Jones
- Subject (Name):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Alice Gray [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- 819.00.00.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene on a city sidewalk: a dandy who has dropped his handkerchief has trouble picking it up. A couple from the townhouse opposite and a couple of men on the sidewalk laugh at the struggles of the dandy
- Alternative Title:
- Dandy in distress!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Thirteen lines of text below title: A correspondent furnishes us with the following picture of an exquisite alias a dandy in distress, "Walking in one of the squares last week it was my fate to follow an exquisite ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An exquisite alias dandy in distress! [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 28, 1832.
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 64 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A solemn looking Lady Henrietta Sykes possibly attending the 1832 ball at Hasting is dressed in a puffy dark-black gown cinched tight at the waist with a gold colored belt and accessorized with whilte gloves. She wears a gold and silver crown and red flowers in her somewhat unkempt brunette hair
- Alternative Title:
- Caracature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting and Caricature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at at a ball at Hasting
- Description:
- Title from ms. inscription in black ink in contemporary hand on verso. and Date from graphite pencil inscription below image.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Ball dresses, Balls (Parties), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Caracature [sic] of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1799 or 1800]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 2 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A trio of servants with hats removed meekly approach a magistrate to register their complaint: '... Mr. Sparemalt and Mr. Doublechalk charge us four pence a pot for porter'. The seated, bespectacled magistrate haughtily challenges their grumbling and proclaims, 'that great men may combine and charge you poor wretches what they please ...'
- Description:
- Title from heading inscribed in ink above image, in artist's hand., Date based on events depicted. See St. James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post (London, England, January 2, 1800 - January 4, 1800)., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Complaints (Rhetoric), Complaining, Judges, Coach drivers, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Complaint [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1779?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 5 Box D105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Coxheath ho! [art original].
10.
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 53 Box 4
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing showing the plan and elevation for Sir Thomas Seabright's farmhouse Beechwood in Herfordshire which was never executed according to Horace Walpole's note. Includes notes on heights and floorplan with rooms indicated in the artist's hand and note at the bottom of the drawing, "... where the pricked line is: must be thrown a strong arch, to Support the Angle made betweem the two tow'rs."
- Alternative Title:
- Design (not executed) of a farmhouse for Sir Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertforshire
- Description:
- Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink written on mount below drawing., Date based on creation date of Horace Walpole's album. One of two drawings for the farmhouse included in the album., Watermark: IV., and Formerly mounted on leaf 53 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Geographic):
- Hertfordshire (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Seabright, Thomas Saunders, -1761.
- Subject (Topic):
- Estates and Farmhouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Design (not executed) of a farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire [art original].