Watercolor of the view from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Another larger drawing of this view: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 769.00.0077dr++., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill" that appeared in the 1784 edition of: A description of the villa of Horace Walpole., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
Harcourt, George Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1736-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
A.D. MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Call Number:
Drawer Topos Ox98 no. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ruined structure sits in flat grounds, partly attached to a wall on the left, and surrounded by trees and low bungalows"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate numbered "III" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Societati Antiquariorum Londinensi dono dedit Simon Comes de Harcourt Socius
Subject (Geographic):
England, Oxfordshire., Oxfordshire (England), and Stanton Harcourt (England)
Title written in unidentified hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Written on the verso, in an unknown contemporary hand: "Surely also by Barrow." Underneath, added in another hand: "Surely not by Barrow.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
A view of the garden entrance at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Print trimmed from an almanac? On verso, a calendar for the month of September 1821., and Cf. Gascoigne, B. Images of Twickenham. Richmond-upon-Thames : Saint Helena Press, 1981, no. 275.
A view of the garden entrance at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Print trimmed from an almanac? On verso, a calendar for the month of November 1821., and Cf. Gascoigne, B. Images of Twickenham. Richmond-upon-Thames : Saint Helena Press, 1981, no. 275.
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. Two men stand in the road, as one gestures with his left hand. A brick wall surrounds the villa; an entrance from the road is shown on the far left
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: General magazine & impatial [sic] review., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. Two men stand in the road, as one gestures with his left hand. A brick wall surrounds the villa; an entrance from the road is shown on the far left
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: General magazine & impatial [sic] review., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 16.3 x 9.9 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement and text above image.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Second leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham; with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on second leaf following title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 15.8 x 20.1 cm, inlaid to 21 x 27 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
