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1. [Medal of Pope Gregory XIII on the massacre of St. Barthelemi] [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:
- Drawing of both sides of a silver medal owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is a bust of Pope Gregory XIII, in profile to the left; on the reverse an allegorical image of the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre, with an angel holding a crucifix and sword over the bodies of men and women cowering in fear
- 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 102 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 (Geographic):
- French.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572, Massacres, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Pope Gregory XIII on the massacre of St. Barthelemi] [art original].