Volume 1, page 125. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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View of a large Gothic-style building in the middle distance, framed by trees and with low bushes in front. A groundskeeper and two cows seen on the lawn in front of the structure; a small boat is moored to the shore of the body of water in the foregr...
Volume 1, page 127. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Several dozen men in top hats and some women sit or stand around a long table on the left; the auctioneer George Robins sits on a platform on the right, holdin...
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Title devised by curator.
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Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 126. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item fr...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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View of a white Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows and a crenellated roof visible on the left. A pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. Several groups of people walk on the path leading to...
Volume 3, page 192a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Depiction of the suit of armor, shown in an arched niche with a pike and shield, that Horace Walpole believed to be of Francis I, King of France. It sold in lot 77 on the nineteenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while ...
