Plan of the ground floor of Horace Walpole's gothic house Twickenham. The rooms are labeled with their dimensions and with letters that correspond to a key, running from A to O, that is etched on the left side of the plate. The largest rooms include t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the Armory at Strawberry Hill. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I, to the right of which hangs the shield painted with the head of Perseus. Other armor and weapons are displayed on a wall near the center of the de...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Arms & armament, Shields, and Interiors
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Wash drawing of a bust of Henry VII; with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left; the sculpture upon a plinth lettered in Latin. Drawn after a sculpture, formerly attributed to Torrigiano, that was kept by Horace W...
Alternative Title:
Head of Henry VII
Description:
Title written on plinth in image; alternative title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fab...
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fab...
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fab...
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Henry Beaufort, whole-length, slightly turned to the right, h...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait; head and shoulders directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, his shirt open, wearing a close cap decorated with a trellis pattern, tied under his chin; in a roundel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1794 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1519-1536,
"Portrait; head and shoulders directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, his shirt open, wearing a close cap decorated with a trellis pattern, tied under his chin; in a roundel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1794 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1519-1536,
"Portrait; head and shoulders directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, his shirt open, wearing a close cap decorated with a trellis pattern, tied under his chin; in a roundel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1794 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1519-1536,
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill and later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. The king and queen are shown three quarter length, under gothic ...
Description:
Title written in ink below image on mounting sheet.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the sculpture known as the Farnese Hercules. The figure stands on a pedestal, leaning on a club covered with lion-skin, his right hand behind his back
A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arch...
Alternative Title:
Holbien Chamber
Description:
Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
Portrait of Mrs. Damer, seated and leaning her left arm against a pedestal, with a bouquet of flowers in her left hand
Alternative Title:
Honorable Anne Damer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1793, by S. Watts, No. 9 Kennington Cross, Lambeth, & to be had of T. Ryder, No. 43 Great Titchfield St., Oxford Road
Portrait of Mrs. Damer, seated and leaning her left arm against a pedestal, with a bouquet of flowers in her left hand
Alternative Title:
Honorable Anne Damer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1793, by S. Watts, No. 9 Kennington Cross, Lambeth, & to be had of T. Ryder, No. 43 Great Titchfield St., Oxford Road
Portrait of Mrs. Damer, seated and leaning her left arm against a pedestal, with a bouquet of flowers in her left hand
Alternative Title:
Honorable Anne Damer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1793, by S. Watts, No. 9 Kennington Cross, Lambeth, & to be had of T. Ryder, No. 43 Great Titchfield St., Oxford Road
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
Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, whole-length direct...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incen...
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incen...
Three ancient Roman objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include a Roman bulla (I); a miniature of a Roman lady and her son, the boy with a bulla at his neck (II); and a Calcedonian stone that was used as an ornament to a horse of a...
Three ancient Roman objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include a Roman bulla (I); a miniature of a Roman lady and her son, the boy with a bulla at his neck (II); and a Calcedonian stone that was used as an ornament to a horse of a...
Depiction of four antiquarian statues and busts, three of which have Roman numeral numbering above. All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Depiction of four antiquarian statues and busts, three of which have Roman numeral numbering above. All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Depiction of three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book (I); a bronze statue of a sacrificing priest (II); and a bronze statue of a bagpiper (III). All were part of the collect...
Depiction of three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book (I); a bronze statue of a sacrificing priest (II); and a bronze statue of a bagpiper (III). All were part of the collect...
Depiction of three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book (I); a bronze statue of a sacrificing priest (II); and a bronze statue of a bagpiper (III). All were part of the collect...
A statue of an ibis; neck craned backwards, head pointed to the sky; standing on a cylindrical pedestal. After the statute that was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
A statue of an ibis; neck craned backwards, head pointed to the sky; standing on a cylindrical pedestal. After the statute that was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Drawing of the interior of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. Two rooms are visible; the room on the left, which occupies most of the drawing, is lined with windows on the back and left walls and has a fireplace on the right wall. A man stands at ...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Estates, Outbuildings, Printing industry, and Printing presses
Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury, whole-length, turned and...
Alternative Title:
John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Kemp, John, approximately 1380-1454, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; bust, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with white collar, and shoulder length hair; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 19, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Oldham, John, 1653-1683, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; bust, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with white collar, and shoulder length hair; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published May 19, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Oldham, John, 1653-1683, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Joseph Harris in character as Cardinal Wolsey; half-length standing holding a scroll, looking away to right with a frown, wearing a gown, cloak, plain collar and peaked soft hat; a building with arched windows and tall pillars seen throug...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 29, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Harris, Joseph, approximately 1650-approximately 1715,
Drawing of a small head in basalt of Jupiter Serapis wearing the modius, a flat-topped cylindrical headdress or crown. This small statue was purchased by Sir William Hamilton from the Barberini Collection at Rome, was later sold to the Duchess of Port...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Serapis (Egyptian deity),
Depiction of the marble copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Sleeping Hermaphroditus. The nude figure lies on a mattress, body turned away from the viewer, head to the right and resting upon the right arm which rests upon a pill...
"Portrait of Lady Arabella Seymour, born Stuart; three-quarter length, slightly to the left; one hand resting on table to the left with two books behind; wearing pearls that reach down to her waist."--British Museum online catalogue
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein ...
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
"Portrait of Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk; half length; head tilted slightly to right; hair in curls and wearing pearl jewellery; after P Lely."--British Museum online catalogue
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a standing man, facing left with his arms out in a gesture. He wears a red coat with gold embroidery and red breeches; his white wig is tied at the bottom with a large black bow. Probably a depiction of an actor performing in the comedy La ...
Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of two men standing and conversing, the man on the left leaning in close and resting his left hand on the shoulder of the man on the right, his right hand raised with index finger pointing. The man on the right stands with his hands clasped in...
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Name):
Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste, 1741-1813.
Subject (Topic):
Theatrical productions, Operas & operettas, and Actors
Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the Horace Walpole's library at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham; with the fireplace in the center, shelves filled with books, oval portraits above bookcases, and partial view of the ornate ceiling with coats of arms; the room is otherwise depict...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
