An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a pedestal with a plaque describing how the statue had been dug up in the garden of the Boccapadugli family, near the Baths of Caracalla and w...
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum marmoreum and Marble eagle on a pedestal with a plaque
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a pedestal with a plaque describing how the statue had been dug up in the garden of the Boccapadugli family, near the Baths of Caracalla and w...
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum marmoreum and Marble eagle on a pedestal with a plaque
Drawing showing part of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill. The bottom of the staircase is visible at right; an open door at center leads to the Little Cloyster and provides a view of the china vase in which Walpole's cat drowned. Three stained...
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, Vases, Stained glass, and Stairways
Watercolor drawing depicting part of the Little Cloister at Strawberry Hill. The blue and white china tub is featured prominently on its pedestal on the right; the bas-relief head of Leonora d'Este hangs on the wall above the tub. The arched ceiling l...
Alternative Title:
View in the Little Cloister
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Vases, Porcelain, and Stained glass
Watercolor drawing of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the northeast down a road. The front of the house is seen in the distance, through an opening in the dense foliage of the trees on both sides of the road. A man...
Alternative Title:
View in the avenue looking southwest
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
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 Dwellings
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Two of the three arched windows are seen; the window on the far right is enclosed with iron rails. At left is the altar on which a saint in bronz...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, Windows, Altars, and Sculpture
