SH Contents W218 no. 3 Boxed separately, shelved at end of class
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A drawing by Horace Walpole, after Antoine Watteau's painting "Pour nous prouver que cette belle"; a woman sits in a chair perusing the open sheet music in her hands as two young children look on. One man leans on the back of her chair, looking over her shoulder at the sheet music, as another man sits before her tuning his lute. 1774 Description: A man and woman in water-colours, after Watteau; by Mr. Walpole. Formerly hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Signed and dated in the image, on the side of the chair: Hor. Walpole 1736., Inscription, on the back of the frame, in Horace Walpole's hand: by Horace Walpole., and Place of creation based on the known residence of the artist in 1736.
SH Contents W218 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 50
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Horace Walpole's watercolor of an amorous young couple. Formerly hung in the Red Bedchamber in Strawberry Hill
Description:
Dated and signed with Walpole's initials "H.W. 1737" in lower left of image., After Watteau., Verso frame, label: The Moyer Gallery, Paul W. Cooley., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A pleasing drawing, in body colour, from a subject of Watteau's, 1737, by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721