Volume 1, page 71. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
Description:
Title from ink inscription at top of image., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right, using his monogrammatic initials., Date supplied by cataloger., With a scale in feet drawn to the right of image. Also with the note "x this part pulld. down by the late Lord -", referring to an "x" marked on the top portion of the depicted structure., and Mounted on page 71 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
"View in Charing Cross with the Golden Cross Inn on the left, Northumberland House and the equestrian statue of Charles I on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Maison de Northumberland á Charing Cross
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2814., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 30 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Charing Cross (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Taverns (Inns), Row houses, Dwellings, Equestrian statues, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
"The Thames at the centre with boats on the water, figures on the quay to the right, a mansion by the quay and the city in the back, Richmond Hill in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondeley's and Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "6" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1872,1012.5399., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 10 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Dwellings, Piers & wharves, and Boats
Page 121.7. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Side fronting the door
Description:
Title from note in ink at top of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., With a numbered key at bottom of image that identifies the pictures that hung on the depicted wall., First in a series of four drawings showing the layout of the walls of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill, with the number "1" likely trimmed away from corner of sheet. On verso is the second drawing in the series: [Catalogue of pictures in the Cabinet] : side where the cabinet of ivories is., and Mounted on page 121.7 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 121.18. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
End where the great door is
Description:
Titles from notes in ink at top of images., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on a single sheet, one above the other., Each drawing has a numbered key at bottom of image that identifies the pictures that hung on the depicted wall., First two in a series of four drawings showing the layout of the walls of the Gallery at Strawberry Hill, with the number "1" written in upper right corner of sheet. On verso is the third drawing in the series: [Catalogue of pictures in the Gallery] : chimney side., and Tipped in as page 121.18 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The "Bedroom of the heart of Voltaire" in Ferney: a bedroom with alcove bed on the far right, portraits hung on the walls, and to the left a pyramid-shaped altar in an alcove; ... with small bust of Voltaire in the lower margin."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original engraving
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire. Paris, A. Quantin [etc.], v. 6 (10 October 1885)., Printer's statement in lower left; periodical name and number in lower right: Le Livre, VIe. année., Photoengraved reproduction of a 1781 print by François Denis Née after a drawing by Gaspard Duché de Vancy; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,1008.910., and Text reproduced from original engraving: "Dessiné par Duché, d'après nature au Chateau de Ferney en 1781" beneath lower left corner of image; "Gravé par Neé" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Imp. A. Quantin
Subject (Geographic):
France and Ferney-Voltaire.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778 and Château de Ferney (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Portraits
View of the house from across a field, trees on either side and a low hill rising in the background; horses, sheep and cows graze in the foreground
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hutchins, J. The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset. 2nd ed. London : Printed by J. Nichols, 1796-1815., "Vol. I, p. 584"--Upper right corner., and Laid in at beginning (between front free end-paper and flyleaf) of volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs July 1, 1794, by J. Nichols, Red Lion Passage, London
Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
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still image
Description:
Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Page 121.13. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
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still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from notes in ink above image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 121.13 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of the gothic tower at Wimpole, the ruinous folly with a high round tower with crenallations above, high windows and cross-shaped arrow-slits to the walls, a man talking to a woman seated on a bench by the tower, the hillock sloping down towards the water to the foreground with a flock of sheep grazing to the right, trees and bushes throughout the scene. Philip Yorke, Earl of Harwicke, purchased Wimpole Hall in 1739 and among other improvements he made was the construction of the gothic folly in 1768 depicted here
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraving attributed to Stewart by John Jeffreys in a letter dated November 1777 and privately printed., With a poem by Daniel Wray below in four columns, 'When Henry stemmd Jernes stormy Flood, And bow'd to Britains yoke her savage brood, When by true courage and false zeal impell'd Richard encamp'd on Salems palmy field On Towers like these Earl, Baron, Vavasor, Hung high their Banners, floating in the air, Free, hardy, proud, they brav'd their feudal Lord And try'd their rights by ordeal of the Sword. Now the full board with Christmas plenty crown'd Now ravag'd and oppress'd the country round. Yet Freedoms cause once rais'd the civil broil, And Magna Charta clos'd the glorious toil. Spruce modern Villas different Scenes afford, The Patriot Baronet, the courtier Lord, Gently amus'd, now waste the Summers day, In a Book-room, Print-room, or in Ferme ornée. While Wit, Champain, and Pines and Poetry, Virtù and Ice the genial Feast supply. But hence the Poor are cherish'd, Artists fed, And Vanity relieves in Bountys stead. Oh might our Age in happy concert join - The manly Virtues of the Norman Line, With the true Science and just Taste which raise. High in each useful Art these Modern Days'., and Titled 'View of the Gothic Tower at Wimpole.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Wimpole (England)
Subject (Name):
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 and Wimpole Hall (England)
