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1.
James Gibbs [graphic]

Creator:
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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, James, 1682-1754,
Subject (Topic):
Architects
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Gibbs [graphic]

2.
Sir Edward Walpole from an original at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

Creator:
Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1802]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Edward Walpole from an original at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

3.
Horatio Lord Walpole from an original by Vanloo at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

Creator:
Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 February 1802]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text near bottom of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Cox, London
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Horatio Lord Walpole from an original by Vanloo at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

4.
Honle. Mrs. Damer [graphic]

Creator:
Cooper, Richard, approximately 1730-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1810]
Call Number:
Portraits D157 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A three-quarter length portrait of Mrs. Damer, with sculptor's tools at the base
Alternative Title:
Honourable Mrs. Damer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 1, 1810, for J. Bell
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,
Subject (Topic):
Women, Sculptors, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Honle. Mrs. Damer [graphic]

5.
"A 'park wall' and 'back parlour'" [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Collection Title:
Volume 12, page 214. Horace Walpole and his world.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing with two scenes: 'the back parlour" in an oval within a larger rectangular view of a 'park wall'. The park wall is covered in ivy and at its base, lush ferns and other plants and mushrooms, ferns and at the top a stand of trees. The oval inset...
Description:
Title written below image, from a quotation by Horace Walpole's letter to Miss Berry December 1793: "A park-wall with ivy on it and fern near it, and a back parlour in London in summer, with a dead creeper and a couple of sooty sparrows, are my strong...
Subject (Topic):
Parlors, Garden walls, Casement windows, and Depression (Mental state)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "A 'park wall' and 'back parlour'" [art original]

6.
"A little plaything house set in enameled meadows with filagree hedges" [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a circular drawing framed by trees in the foreground, a view of the cottage called Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, owned by the fashionable toy dealer Mrs. Chenevix and purchased in 1748 by Horace Walpole. The small ivy-covered house stands at cente...
Description:
Title written below image, from a quotation in Horace Walpole's letter to Henry Seymour Conway, 8 June 1747.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "A little plaything house set in enameled meadows with filagree hedges" [art original]

7.
"A rainbow on a dark cloud falling precisely behind the tower of a neighboring church" [art

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of a church steeple rising above a lush stand of trees in the foreground and middle distance, the arc of a rainbow directly behind the cross at its top and across the width of the drawing; with dark clouds above. On the hills on the right a to...
Description:
Title written below image, from a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to George Montagu, written in May, 1763: We walked to the Belvidere on the summit of the hill, where a theatrical storm only served to heighten the beauty of the landscape, a rai...
Subject (Topic):
Steeples and Rainbows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "A rainbow on a dark cloud falling precisely behind the tower of a neighboring church" [art original]

8.
"Admire a lobster or cabbage in a market piece" [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing with two images: the circular image on top shows three women and a man in a picture gallery, their backs to the viewer, discussing a painting on the wall. Below, separated by an image of two feathers, is a rectangular, framed still life with...
Description:
Title written below image. From a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to 25 March 1761 written from Houghton: A party arrived, just as I did, to see the house, a man and three women in riding-dresses, and they rode post through the apartments. I co...
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Topic):
Private art collections and Lobsters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Admire a lobster or cabbage in a market piece" [art original]

9.
"Betty the fruit girl" [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a young woman, full-length, turned slightly right, wearing a her hair in a cap; she holds a wicker basket in the crook of each arm, filled with strawberries and cherries, She stands on a wooden platform in front of a fence constructed of tr...
Description:
Title written below image. From a quotation in Horace Walpole's letter to George Montagu 23 June 1750: We minced seven chickens ... which Lady Caroline stewed over a lamp ... She had brought Betty, the fruit-girl, with hampers of strawberries and cher...
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, Berries, Girls, and Food vendors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Betty the fruit girl" [art original]

10.
"Enjoying the verdure and silent waves" [art original]

Creator:
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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...
Subject (Topic):
Rivers and Nature
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > "Enjoying the verdure and silent waves" [art original]

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