Drawing of an urn from which grows ivy with clusters of purple berries climbing a stone wall behind; decorates the right margin of the text block on the title page
Drawing of a decorative border of flowers executed on a privately printed title page to an extra-illustrated volume. Arranged in a vertical column, four circular designs formed from twisted branches
Drawing of cherry blossoms and cherries on the privately printed title page to an extra-illustrated volume. The pink and white flowers, green leaves, and red fruits extend above and to the right of the printed text on the page
A drawing of five birds in a decorative scrolling pattern on the privately printed title page of an extra-illustrated volume; it fills the space along the right margin and extends over the top of the text block; the top two image show two birds in fli...
A portrait of Thomas Gray standing, nearly three-quarter length, facing the viewer. He holds a letter in his right hand, which rests on his left wrist, the whole framed in masonry, arched at the top
Watercolor drawing of a palette, with colored paints in a line across the top, five paint brushes emerging from the thumb hole on the right side and a garland of holly leaves and berries wraps around three sides of the palette. Intended as a vignette ...
Half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate in profile to the right; with receding wavy hair, wearing a plain coat and frilled cravat; with a large tree behind him on the left anda a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right. ...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
"Three-quarter length portrait of a military officer facing front, looking to right. His right elbow resting on masonry; a stone fortification on right with cannon. He wears a ribbon and star, military uniform, sword and cocked hat, with powdered hair...
Alternative Title:
Honourable Sir William Howe
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 10th Novr. 1777, by John Morris, Rathbone Place
A view of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the south lawn, with the Thames River and Richmond in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
A view of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the south lawn, with the Thames River and Richmond in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Portraits W218A no. 2++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole-length standing three-quarter to right, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on a table to left, holding a document in left hand, wearing ornate embroidered robe over his suit, a sash from left shoulder, lace cravat and long wi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Coxe, London
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Elizabeth Woodcock shown as found when rescued, seated three-quarter length to front, surrounded by snow, with head turned slightly to look to left, hands touching; in frame, with tablet below, and border of vertical and horizontal lines."--British M...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 29th, 1799, republished by J. Hatt, Peas Hill, July 29th, 1849, proprietor of the Views of Cambridge &c.
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
A collage with a wash drawing depicting native people of Mexico on a hillside with the sky above, mounted in the center of which is an engraving of a view of a walled city surrounded by a river, the arrangement giving the impression that the two drawn...
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, head and shoulders to right, looking to front, wearing long wig, dark coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill, in an oval, surrounded by emblems."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Murray and Satirical illustration of "Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second"
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
J. Murray
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, head and shoulders to right, looking to front, wearing long wig, dark coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill, in an oval, surrounded by emblems."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Murray and Satirical illustration of "Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second"
Description:
Title from text above and below image.
Publisher:
J. Murray
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762?]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of British architect James Gibbs, half-length directed to left, looking away slightly to right, pointing with right hand held in front of him just above waist-level, wearing shoulder-length white wig, architectural interior behind him, the wh...
Drawing of a woman, full length, standing next to a table on which a mirror and a vase of flowers sit; dressed in early eighteenth-century French attire, her hair up and topped with feathers; holding a rose in her right hand and a hairbrush(?) in her ...
"Interior of the House of Commons, Westminster; the Speaker sits on ornamental chair at far end, facing table with mayoral insignia placed in centre, and clerks and assistants seated at edge, members of parliament seated around sides."--British Museum...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st June 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after a drawing by Lawrence (Garlick 1964, p.239); bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing short wig curled at the sides, open coat, waistcoat and shirt."--Brit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Nov. 27, 1811, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
SH Contents R462 no. 10 Impression 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 38
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
SH Contents R462 no. 10+ Impression 1 Box 200
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Portraits W218 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Portrait of Horace Walpole, full length, facing right, stooped forward slightly with bent knees, walking on tiptoe; wearing a lavender suit and tan stockings; holding a tricorne in front of him, his curled white wig exposed; woodwork, a vase, and a fr...
"Portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe, full-length, in profile to the left, seated on a stool with his legs crossed at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, with a walking stick in his hand, reading a book, with a tricorne over his long curling wig, dressed...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785,
Subject (Topic):
Stools, Staffs (Sticks), Books, Reading, and Daggers & swords
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guidin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guidin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"Portrait, head and shoulders, of an old man with loose, curling hair to his shoulders, and a plain white collar, three-quarter to right, looking down to centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 30th, 1776, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait bust of the sculptor's mother turned in profile to right on a ledge, the sitter with her head veiled and hair curled at front, her lips pursed, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work....
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
Composite image, set against a gray background pattern with images of leaves, flowers, and birds, including ten small rectangular views of English scenery, some drawn to overlap and partially obscure others. The scenes include: a view of a bridge and ...
Description:
Title written at bottom of image.
Subject (Topic):
Nature, Plants, Bodies of water, Cities & towns, and Dwellings
Watercolor drawing of the fictional archbishop in Lesage's novel Gil Blas; bust length, turned slightly right; overweight, with white hair and bushy white eyebrows; wearing a mitre, pectoral cross, and chasuble
An imagined view, based on Horace Walpole's description, of the arch at Stowe that was erected in honor of Princess Amelia. The trestled arch, covered in ivy or other greenery, rises up at the center of the image, a medallion of the princess at its ap...
View of a large house, perhaps meant to be Houghton Hall, rising from a hill in the middle distance. Trees and thick undergrowth obscure the lower floors of the house and provide a green backdrop for an ornate staircase in the foreground, upon which a...
Drawing of a stagecoach driving to the left down a dirt road, the four horse team in full gallop. Two passengers ride on top of the coach along with the driver and bugler; several passengers inside can be seen through the windows. Trees line the road,...
Lady Cecilia Johnston, shown three-quarter length, turns slightly left but looking back over her shoulder as she reaches for a carafe on an elaborately carved hutch in a fashionably decorated room. She wears a dress with lace sleeves, her hair up in a...
Description:
Title written below image, a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to Lord Nunham, 7 July 1777 in reference to Lady Cecilia Johnston.
Depiction of the dream of Horace Walpole that inspired him to write The castle of Otranto. The fantastic scene involves a large armored hand perched atop an enormous staircase ascending four levels within a Gothic castle. Two suits of armor stand guar...
