"Interior view of the court room in Trinity House, on Tower Hill; a few man gather around different points of a u-shaped table, others on chairs surrounding room; a large group portrait on far wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholda...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (right) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her right. The two men are said to be Thold...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, Floor coverings, Gambling, and Playing cards
"Eldon, in wig and gown, seated in an armchair, on which are the Royal Arms, leans forward to place a paper folded to form an extinguisher and inscribed Judgment over a tiny man who leans back, terrified. Eldon gazes sternly down at the mannikin, Well...
Alternative Title:
Vice and proeligacy extinguished by equity
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1827 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857, and Wellesley, Catherine Tylney-Long, -1825.
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Coats of arms, Wigs, Robes, and Fire extinguishers
Wash drawing of the back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The Latin text carved on one of the arms of the chair is visible
Watercolor drawing of the front of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The Latin text carved into the arms and back of the chair is reproduced below image, in ink using open lettering
Wash drawing of the side of the 16th-century oak chair, with Latin text carved into the arms and back of the chair, kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Page 393. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that was sold at auction in 1842
Depiction of the front and back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. In the border of the print is etched a reproduction of the Latin text that was carved into the chair
