A pastoral view of a lush riverbank covered in trees, shrubs, and flowers, and other greenery. A man sits on a rock near the shore and looks to the right out over the water. A house on the opposite bank can be seen in the distance on the right; gray c...
Description:
Title written below image. A quotation from Horace Walpole's letter 16 October 1769 to Madame du Deffand: I feel myself here like a swan, that, after living six weeks in a nasty pool upon a common, is got back into its own Thames. I do nothing but plu...
Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Bucha...
Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Bucha...
China --Description and travel, China --Pictorial works, China --Social life and customs, Guangzhou (China), Guangzhou (China) --Description and travel, Guangzhou (China) --Pictorial works, Hainan Sheng (China), Hainan Sheng (China) --Description and travel, Hong Kong (China), Hong Kong (China) --Description and travel, and Hong Kong (China) --Pictorial works
China --Description and travel, China --Pictorial works, China --Social life and customs, Guangzhou (China), Guangzhou (China) --Description and travel, Guangzhou (China) --Pictorial works, Hainan Sheng (China), Hainan Sheng (China) --Description and travel, Taiwan --Description and travel, Taiwan --Native races --Social life and customs, and Taiwan --Pictorial works
China --Description and travel, China --Pictorial works, China --Social life and customs, Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) --Description and travel, Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) --Pictorial works, Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) --Social life and customs, Shanghai (China) --Description and travel, Shanghai (China) --Pictorial works, Shanghai (China) --Social life and customs, Yangtze River (China) --Description and travel, and Yangtze River (China) --Pictorial works
Beijing (China) --Description and travel, Beijing (China) --Pictorial works, Beijing (China) --Social life and customs, China --Description and travel, China --Pictorial works, China --Social life and customs, Manchuria (China) --Description and travel, Manchuria (China) --Pictorial works, Manchuria (China) --Politics and government, and Manchuria (China) --Social life and customs
A view taken from the Thames River looking upstream towards Teddington includes a view of Radnor House on the right. A lady and gentleman walk along the path across the grounds leading to the waterfront and the ramp for boat launchings. On the left of...
Alternative Title:
View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title, artist name, and date from ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Hindley, John Atherton, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Radnor House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, Barges, and Summer houses
