Volume 2, opposite page 153. Some account of London.
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1
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Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Probably drawn after a print entitled "Polito's Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand", published in 1811 as plate 2 in volume 8 of Ackermann's The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c.; see Yale Center for British Art call no.: L 212 (8vo)., and Mounted opposite page 153 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London. London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1793.
Page 69. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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1
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still image
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Interior view of the temporary wooden
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Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; attribution to E. Bell from local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a newspaper clipping about the sale, which has the heading "Sale at Strawberry-Hill"., and Mounted on page 69 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 127. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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still image
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Interior view of the temporary wooden
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Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 127 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
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Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet., Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
Page 199. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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Title and date written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., and Mounted on page 199 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., and Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Plate numbered '23' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: La morgue, or, bone-house. Where the bodies of those who are found dead, from accident, their own hands, or, others' ..., and Second sheet attached to print 10 x 17 cm. Watermark.
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Theodore standing at center and three servants holding torches standing at left. The location is a dimly-lit vault, its arched ceiling supported at intervals by short columns; Theodore points upward to a hole in the ceiling that was broken through from above. Manfred, standing beside the pointing Theodore, looks up in astonishment, leaning backwards slightly with his left arm out in front of him
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Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 36 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].