"Three-quarter length, standing, directed, facing and looking to the left, left hand resting on a paper on the table beside him, wearing robes."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait of Marie du Deffand, after Carmontelle; half-length directed to left, her eyes closed, wearing dark hood and ruffled bonnet; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. Novr. 12 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing of the chimneypiece in the Little Parlour at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham. Its design was taken from the tomb of Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey. A saracen's head, the crest from the Walpole ...
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image, in a contemporary hand.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of both sides of a silver medal, the obverse showing the bust of Pope Gregory XIII in profile to the left and the reverse showing the destroying angel murdering the Protestants
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait, head and shoulders slightly to left, head turned to right and glancing towards the viewer; wearing a low-necked gown with a rope of pearls hanging from the shoulder and a veil over her hair; in an oval