- Creator:
- Eccardt, John Giles, -1779, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1755]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 143 Framed, on view in Director's Office
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- From the 1774 Description: Charles Churchill, and Lady Maria Walpole, his wife, with their eldest son Charles who is tethered to a gold rope held by his mother. The family all dressed in 17th century Van Dyck attire stand in an exterior garden. To the right a red and blue parrot sits on a rose vine above a water fountain. In the distance is an antique style sculpture of a woman. At the upper right are the arms of Churchill impaling Walpole. T
- Alternative Title:
- Portrait of Colonel Charles Churchill and Lady Mary Churchill and their Eldest Son Charles
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A ditto [pleasing picture], the companion, with Portraits of Charles Churchill, and the Lady Maria, his wife, daughter to Sir Robert Walpole, and Charles, their eldest son, in a similar frame, 1749 Eckardt., and The frame is the black and gold frame is the original Strawberry Hill frame.
- Subject (Name):
- Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,, Churchill, Charles, 1720-1812,, Churchill, Charles, 1747-1783,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Group portrait of Charles Churchill, Lady Maria Walpole and their Eldest Son Charles] [art original].
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- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing, full-length, of King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Possibly after a drawing from painted glass by George Vertue, which formerly hung in the blue breakfast room at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 55 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings and Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of King Richard III and his Queen] [art original].
- Creator:
- Eccardt, John Giles, -1779, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1754]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 138 Framed, on view in Reading Room
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A small scale, full-length portrait in landscape format. Husband and wife gather around an ornate table in an architecturally setting with columns and empty niches that is open to the exterior grounds of the country estate. Sir Robert Walpole in ceremonial robes sits at left. The Chancellors seal and the busts of King George I and King George II signifiy Walpole’s role as first Minister to them. Lady Walpole stands at the opposite end of the table where flowers, shells, a palette and pencils mark her love of the arts. Their hounds in the left foreground are painted by the sporting artist John Wooton who may also have painted the view of Walpole’s Norfolk estate, Houghton, in the distance. The posthumous portraits are based on lifetime miniatures by Zincke
- Alternative Title:
- Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)., From the 1774 Description: ... over the chimneypiece ... In a frame of black and gold carved by Gibbons, Sir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter; small whole lengths; by Eckardt, after Zinck: the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. Sir Robert is sitting; by him, on a table, is the purse of chancellor of the exchequer, leaning against busts of George 1st. and 2d. to denote his being first minister to those kings: by lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils, to mark her love of the arts. Formerly located in the Blue Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., In an ornate black and gold frame deeply carved with fruit and flowers by a follower of Grinling Gibbons. The family coat of arms set at center top. Walpole attributed the frame to Gibbons himself., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A very interesting and valuable picture, Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, Lady Walpole, small whole lengths, the former in his robes sitting, on a table near him is the purse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer leaning against busts of George I. and II., to denote his being First Minister to those kings; near Lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils to mark her love of the arts; their favourite hounds in the foreground and a view of Houghton in the distance. This painting is from the united efforts of Eckardt and Wootton, and is considered a masterpiece of art; the Portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole are from the miniatures by Zincke, the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. The black and gold frame enclosing the picture, one of the finest specimens carving, is by Gibbons, displaying with wonderful effect the arms of the family, enriched with Cupid figures as supporters, birds, fruit, grapes and foliage, most beautifully designed and perfect as a work of art. Eckardt and Wootton., and For further information, see library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737,
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1840]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 132 Framed, on view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At center a portrait of an Indian Groom, flanked by three British Children with Ponies and two dogs set in a landscape, possibly Calcutta or Patna
- Alternative Title:
- Triple portrait of three children and their ponies and Three children with ponies, groom and dogs
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Triple portrait of three children and their ponies, Dated in Christie's appraisal: Circa 1840., and Unidentified artist, Anglo-Indian School. Formerly attributed to Chinnery.
- Subject (Topic):
- Children
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of an Indian groom, three British children, and their ponies in India [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, associated name
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds that hung in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill, a group portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, shown three-quarter length and seated beside one another at small work-table, with Lady Anna Horatia at the right embroidering, Lady Charlotte Maria on the left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, center, is holding. There is a pillar to the left and behind with a curtain between and trees beyond. After Reynolds (Mannings 1810).
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 21 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Domestic life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Ladies Waldegrave] [art original].