Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
Plate showing two helmets, one engraved above the other. The helmet at top, numbered "1" above, is a Venetian Morion shown in profile, with the figure of Acteon visible at its center immediately under the crest. The helmet at bottom, numbered "2" abov...
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended i...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended i...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later ...
Description:
Title from later state of the plate.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646,, Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)