"Portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos, half-length, three-quarter to right, looking towards the viewer, with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers, lettered carto...
Description:
Title etched within cartouche at bottom of plate.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Thynne; half length in an oval frame, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown; coat of arms below, in frame decorated with skulls and crossbones."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Thynne of Longleate ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Sold by R. White in Bloomsbury Markett near the Golden Heart
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1904); as a very young child seen whole-length within rectangular frame, lying on ground embracing poodle, facing front, wearing light dress and cap; landscape behind; before title changed."--British Museum online ca...
Description:
Title engraved on smaller plate printed below larger plate with image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1775, for W. Shropshire, No. 158 & T. Watson, No. 142 New Bond Street
"Portrait seated in profile to left reading book within rectangular frame, wearing dark coat, ruffles and his hair tied with ribbon, tree behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 21st, 1782, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street, & T. Watson, No. 33 Strand
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806,
"Portrait seated whole-length to right on couch beside pillar, upper body turned to left holding open portfolio on table at left beside papers and vase, head turned to face right; wearing loose, flowing robe and turban."--British Museum online catalog...
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Signed note in Horace Walpole's hand to his friend Richard Bull, in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. Walpole also writes that he is sending along to Bull a copy of ...
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portra...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portra...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Double portrait of Frances Brandon and Adrian Stokes; she on the left, holding a glove in her right hand on a cushion, touching her necklace with the other, he on the right, holding his gloves to his chest in his left hand; with a cartouche on the ba...
Alternative Title:
Frances Duchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr
Description:
Title engraved within cartouche below image.
Publisher:
George Vertue
Subject (Name):
Suffolk, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of, 1517-1559,, Stokes, Adrian, 1519-1585,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne, half-length to left, with head turned to look at viewer, wearing cap, open coat and shirt, his left hand inside the breast of his coat; coat of arms below image."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length, in an oval surmounted by a crown and thistles and two armorials, slightly turned to the right, dressed in a gown heavily embroidered with flowers and a high collar, a crucifix about her neck, an axe and ...
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, p...
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, p...
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of the marble statue of Antinous at the Palace of Versailles. The nude male figure stands on a pedestal, looking and leaning towards the left; with short curly hair, a drape over his right arm and shoulder, and a tree-trunk support to left
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Apollo Belvedere or the Pythian Apollo. The nude male figure stands on a pedestal, folded drapery hanging from his outstretched left arm; his right hand rests on the tree tru...
Depiction of the marble statue of the Farnese Flora at the Palace of Versailles. The female figure looks to the right and is draped in a gown which falls away from her right shoulder; she holds up a garland in her left hand and grasps the hem of her g...
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
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...
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Venus de' Medici. Aphrodite, looking right, stands naked in a pudica pose; a dolphin being ridden by a putto sits next to her left leg
Four oval portraits, one occupying each quadrant of the plate, of the 41st through 44th Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Malta). The sitter's name is engraved within the surrounding border of each portrait. A decorative cross fills...
Alternative Title:
F. Guido de Blanchefort ; F. Fabritius de Carretto ; F. Philippus de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinus de Ponte
Description:
Titles from text within the borders of the portraits.
Publisher:
Populus Romanus
Subject (Name):
Blanchefort, Guy de, 1446-1513, Carretto, Fabrizio del, 1455-1521, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe, 1464-1534, and Ponte, Piero del, 1462-1535
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created:
1784 [1797?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Title-pages
Description:
Mounted on page 1 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 e...
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 477); standing three-quarter length slightly to left with her hands held together, eyes to front, wearing loose robe over dress with sash around waist, locket on ribbon and her hair up, but with two long plaits hangi...
"Venus, reclining on bed, nude apart from a sheet draped over her waist, wearing bracelets on each hand, embraces a naked infant (probably Cupid); a horned satyr drawing back a curtain behind her, and to the right a maidservant wearing scarf on head a...
Alternative Title:
Who this can view yet feel no kindling fire, need keep no Lent to mortify desire
"Venus, reclining on bed, nude apart from a sheet draped over her waist, wearing bracelets on each hand, embraces a naked infant (probably Cupid); a horned satyr drawing back a curtain behind her, and to the right a maidservant wearing scarf on head a...
Alternative Title:
Who this can view yet feel no kindling fire, need keep no Lent to mortify desire
"Portrait seen half length, within oval frame, directed towards left, facing towards and looking to front, wig, coat with sash and star, and robe of office over."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Sold by I. Simon at the Golden Eagle in York Buildings
Sergent-Marceau, Marie Louise, 1753-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
1792.
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, bust directed to left, looking to front, with brown hair and beard, and black robe emblazoned with a white Malta cross; within oval."--British Museum online catalogue
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"Portrait of the Honorable Mrs Damer after Richard Cosway, half-length slightly to right in a square frame, looking to front, her hair curled and falling about her shoulders and with a huge frilled collar and bow at front of dress."--British Museum on...
"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 Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk, half-length, three-quarters to left, in a sixteenth-century dress of slashed coat with a feathered cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, John Howard, Duke of, 1430?-1485,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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
"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the right to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quis vetet apposito, lumen de lumine tolli, mille licet capiant, deperit inde nihil
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text below image.
Two wash drawings, both oval views, of Château des Rochers-Sévigné. In the image on the left the road leading to chateau is on at right, with trees on the left. The image on the right depicts the chateau from the opposite side, with three paths in ...
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Vitré (France : District)
Subject (Name):
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Statue of Sabina, the wife of Emperor Hadrian; clad in a long chiton with a cloak drawn around her body and up over her head; her hair pulled back behind a diadem; standing on a pedestal
Alternative Title:
Statua di Sabina moglie d Adriano Imperatore : negli Orti Mattei
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Nella Stampa. di Domenico de Rossi alla Pace con priuil
Subject (Name):
Vibia Sabina, approximately 88-approximately 137 and Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.
Portrait; bust-length, head and shoulders to left; wearing a crown and ermine-lined robes of state; detail from a painting depicting the marriage of Henry VII; in a rectangular filled border
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait; bust-length, head and shoulders to left; wearing a crown and ermine-lined robes of state; detail from a painting depicting the marriage of Henry VII; in a rectangular filled border
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves; after Richardson after Van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
Description:
Title in scratched letters below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1st by J. Thane
Subject (Name):
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the Duchess of Somerset, three quarter length, nearly full face, standing, holding gloves and miniature."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anne Stanhope Duchess of Somerset, widow of the Protector
"Portrait of the Duchess of Somerset, three quarter length, nearly full face, standing, holding gloves and miniature."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anne Stanhope Duchess of Somerset, widow of the Protector
A view of the entrance to Horace Walpole's house Strawberry Hill and the 1759 wing shows a servant emerging from the studded front door on his way to the kitchen via the Little Cloister. There was no internal communication between the hall and kitchen...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole i...
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole i...
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on ...
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on ...
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of seven Roman weights(?), numbered in Roman numerals from I to VII. The sides of the circular objects bear pictures of various heads, beasts, objects and symbols. Three of the objects have their obverse and reverse depicted side by side, th...
Depiction of seven Roman weights(?), numbered in Roman numerals from I to VII. The sides of the circular objects bear pictures of various heads, beasts, objects and symbols. Three of the objects have their obverse and reverse depicted side by side, th...
Depiction of eleven antiquarian coins, numbered in Roman numerals from I to XI. The eight at the top of the plate have the obverse shown above and the reverse below (the two sides connected by a double line), and the three at the bottom of the plate h...
Depiction of eleven antiquarian coins, numbered in Roman numerals from I to XI. The eight at the top of the plate have the obverse shown above and the reverse below (the two sides connected by a double line), and the three at the bottom of the plate h...
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Figures painted on the bottoms and sides of pots used for funerary rights. These objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Figures painted on the bottoms and sides of pots used for funerary rights. These objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with...
Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with...
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
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...