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1.
Sr John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland [art original].

Creator:
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1762]
Call Number:
SH Contents C442 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 41
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Copy of a portrait of Sir John Perrot, for Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand, written in ink on the back of the frame: Sr. John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland., Attributed to Chambars by Walpole in the Vertue notebooks. See Walpole Society, 1937-38, xxvi, p.62., Possibly commissioned circa 1763. See Walpole's letter to Bishop Lyttleton, 16 October 1762. See 1983 Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 43, p. 384n., The original on which this drawing is based was used by Valentine Green for his mezzotint print published in Jany. 1, 1776, from a copy made by George Powle. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. iii, p. 453., and Thomas Chambars, (ca. 1724-1789), English artist.
Subject (Name):
Perrot, John, Sir, approximately 1527-1592,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sr John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland [art original].

2.
Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].

Creator:
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
Call Number:
Folio 53 D18 828
Image Count:
40
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
Description:
In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
Subject (Topic):
Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].

3.
Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].

Creator:
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
Call Number:
Folio 53 D18 828
Image Count:
57
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
Description:
In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
Subject (Topic):
Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].

4.
Milton, from Vertue's bust [art original].

Creator:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, artist
Published / Created:
13 Apr. 1737.
Call Number:
Drawings R521 no. 1 Box D145
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Crayon and charcoal drawing depicting a copy of a stone bust of John Milton carved by Vertue. The head is slightly in profile facing the right, the blank eyes betray the source material of the drawing, and long locks of hair end in tight curls just above the shoulder
Description:
Title from inscription on mount., Artist from local card catalog record., On same sheet, verso: Iohn Milton., and Mounted to 47 x 32 cm.
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Milton, from Vertue's bust [art original].