Page 25. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the monument in St. Mary's Church, with the bust of the Countess of Ailesbury sitting on a pedestal at center, head shrouded. Columns supporting an ornate roof flank the bust on either side, the area between their bases decorated with a pattern of quatrefoils. A winged cherub head hangs from the bottom of each column. A scale bar runs along the bottom of the sheet
Alternative Title:
Monument of the Countess of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on watermark: A. Blackwell & G. Jones 1802., and Mounted on page 25 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.