Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1807 and 1812?]
Call Number:
SH Contents H263 no. 4 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written below image in artist's hand. and Original cited in the 1784 Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole: "Miss Temple, maid of honor to Anne Hyde duchess of York, and second wife of Sir Charles Lyttelton; by Spencer, after the unfinished picture by Cooper, in the possession of Lord Lyttelton." See the description of the contents of the Blue breakfast room, p. 20."
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, Anne Temple, Lady, -1718, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A collection of prints and drawings probably assembled in the late 1830s or early 1840s, although the drawings may have been executed earlier. The wash drawings by Agnes Berry are of mostly Italian sites in Genoa, Florence, Naples, Rome, and Nice with one drawing of Mont Cenis in France. The lithographs are more varied in theme and include: two engravings after paintings by Raphael, possibly removed from an illustrated book; etchings and lithographs of carriages and coaches; lithographs of buildings; a group of four etchings by Henry Monnier and two lithographs by Delpach; and nine etchings and engravings of contemporary actors and actresses in theatrical costumes. All images have been mounted and most have been captioned, probaby by Margret Graves
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Bound in green morocco with gold tooling and initials MG [i.e. Margret Graves]., Dedication page: wash drawing with inscription "Margret Graves from Agnes Berry"., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Carriages & coaches, and Costumes
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1807 and 1812?]
Call Number:
SH Contents H263 no. 10 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in George Perfect Hardning's hand. and One of a group of watercolors after works in the Strawberry Hill collection executed by Harding.
Subject (Name):
Percy, Elizabeth, Lady, 1667-1722 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from printed label on portfolior cover., Printmaker's name from: Before and after Waterloo; letters from Edward Stanley ... London : T.F. Unwin, 1907., Date of publication from dealer's description. Edward Stanley was rector of Alderley, Cheshire, at that time, and this work was probably published locally., and Bound in quarter morocco with plain boards; oval illustrated title label pasted on front board. Two plates with punchline added in old ink manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Science, Demons, Dueling, Insects, Owls, and Quacks
Admission ticket to the Phillips showing of Fonthill Abbey in 1823. The image on the ticket, enclosed within a double-pointed oval border, depicts the eastern towers of the house with the central tower beyond. Beneath are blank panels, left and right, linked by a smaller central panal labeled 'Visitors.' At the bottom are two detachable tokens bearing the initials 'HP' and 'FA' within roundels
Alternative Title:
Fonthill Abbey 1823
Description:
Title from text within border of image., For a probable later state with the text within the image border reengraved to allow admission of two visitors instead of three, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 90., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of both tokens from bottom edge., With contemporary annotations in ink, including the signature of auctioneer Harry Phillips and the names of the three visitors using the ticket., and Mounted to 31 x 24 cm on heavy blue paper with embossed border.
Admission ticket to the Phillips showing of Fonthill Abbey in 1823. The image on the ticket, enclosed within a double-pointed oval border, depicts the eastern towers of the house with the central tower beyond. Beneath are blank panels, left and right, linked by a smaller central panal labeled 'Visitors.' At the bottom are two detachable tokens bearing the initials 'HP' and 'FA' within roundels
Alternative Title:
Fonthill Abbey 1823
Description:
Title from text within border of image., Probably a later state, with the text within the image border reengraved to allow admission of two visitors instead of three. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 91., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of token from the lower right., Imperfect; the word "two" before "visitors" within image border has been mostly erased from sheet and the word "one" written in ink in its place, and the "s" at the end of "visitors" has been erased in both occurrences of that word., and With contemporary annotations in ink, including the signature of auctioneer Harry Phillips, the name of the visitor using the ticket, the ticket number "258," and the price "10/6."