Watercolor drawing depicting a large ungulate, probably a wildebeest (gnu). Drawing could have been made from a captive or preserved specimen
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in Richard Bull's hand on a separate sheet (7.8 x 18.7 cm) that accompanies the drawing: This animal, very rarely to be met with, was taken in the year 1774 in land in Africa, latitude 25 ...
Drawing of three objects kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. In the upper left is a depiction of Henry VIII's dagger, a Turkish work having a case and handle of chalcedonyx set with diamonds and rubies; the blade of steel damaske...
Alternative Title:
(These subjects slightly sketch'd from the originals)
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below images.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Claude, Queen, consort of Francis I, King of France, 1499-1524., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Ink drawing depicting the head of a satyr, in profile to the left. Possibly a decorative motif designed by the London goldsmith Jeconiah Ashley, whose name is written on both the recto and the verso of the mount
Ink drawing depicting the head of a satyr, in profile to the left. Possibly a decorative motif designed by the London goldsmith Jeconiah Ashley, whose name is written on both the recto and the verso of the mount
Pair of wash drawings, one above the other, showing overall and detail views of the bronze hand kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Described by Walpole as "an Egyptian hieroglyphic hand," this sculpture is shown in the top drawi...
Alternative Title:
In the Tribune (size of the original) ; All the work round the hand
Drawing of a young woman reading a book outside under a tree; wearing a long-sleeved dress, hair down and partially covered; head propped up on her left arm; an hourglass on a pedestal beside her, a bird on a tree branch in the background; a church vi...
