On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes in ink. On the verso, a crude pencil sketch
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount below drawing, Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", and Formerly mounted on leaf 47 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plan of the ground floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to O, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include the Great Parlour (A), the Great Cloyster (K), the Servants Hall (H), and the Kitchen (N). The locations outside the structure of the Prior's Garden and the road are shown on the right side of the plate. A compass in the upper right corner shows the direction of north
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 15 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 33.6 x 23.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plan of the ground floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to O, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include the Great Parlour (A), the Great Cloyster (K), the Servants Hall (H), and the Kitchen (N). The locations outside the structure of the Prior's Garden and the road are shown on the right side of the plate. A compass in the upper right corner shows the direction of north
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 24 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 33 x 22.4 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 Repton, J. Adey (John Adey), 1775-1860
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 221
Image Count:
43
Abstract:
Manuscript volume written in a formal script, with additions and corrections in another hand, possibly Repton's. With eight plates (original wash drawings), one folded and some with movable pieces; two are signed "by H[umphry] & J[ohn] A[dey] Repton 1806." The preface addressed to Lord Whitworth is signed by Repton and dated in his hand: "On the spot Decr. 1805 Hare Street near Romford 25: Feby. 1806."
