Frederic in search of Hippolita enters her oratory only to recoil in horror at the sight of a specter wrapped in a hermit's cowl. The specter rests its hand on a book laid open on the altar above which hangs a crucifix. Behind them, two shelves built into the wall are filled with books and an ink well with two feather pens
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Date based on Horace Walpole's letter (dated 22 February 1796) to Bertie Greatheed's father in which he admires his son's four drawings that were inspired by his reading of The Castle of Otranto. All four drawings are bound in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of The Castle of Otranto (Lewis Walpole Library 49 3729).