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1. Henry 8th dagger [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 62d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of Henry VIII's Turkish dagger of steel damasked with gold that was owned by Horace Walpole and housed in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The handle is only outlined, but the guard is drawn in detail, with the outlines of inset gemstones. With a descriptive note (trimmed) in pencil beside it indicating "eighteen rubies [...] the handle". The ornamentation of the dagger is further described in a pencil annotation "127 rubies, 6 diamonds" in the lower right corner of the sheet
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 62d in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry 8th dagger [art original].
2. [A rose impaling a pomegranate, the device of Henry 8th] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of a design on a pane of glass that was formerly in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 59 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Stained glass, and Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A rose impaling a pomegranate, the device of Henry 8th] [art original].
3. [Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 398.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of sixteen seals, in four rows of four, each identifiying text below
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.1 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377., Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471., Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., and Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals from 1287 to 1526] [art original].
4. [Seals] [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 398.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of two seals, one above the other. The top seal shows Henry VIII on a throne holding the globus cruciger in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand; he is flanked by two armorial shields surmounted by crowns, and Latin text runs along the circular border of the seal. The bottom a seal of the Archbishop of York with Saint Peter holding a key and Saint Paul with a sword under the arches of a building and with Cardinal Thomas Wosley's coat of arms (in reverse) below identified by text in Latin encircling the border
- Alternative Title:
- Ego et rex meus
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.3 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
- Subject (Topic):
- Seals (Insignia), Coats of arms, Kings, and Clergy
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seals] [art original].
