SH Contents W218 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 50
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Horace Walpole's watercolor of an amorous young couple. Formerly hung in the Red Bedchamber in Strawberry Hill
Description:
Dated and signed with Walpole's initials "H.W. 1737" in lower left of image., After Watteau., Verso frame, label: The Moyer Gallery, Paul W. Cooley., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A pleasing drawing, in body colour, from a subject of Watteau's, 1737, by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
SH Contents W218 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 52
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Horace Walpole's watercolor after Antoine Watteau's Fête Champêtre depicts two amorous couples being serenaded by a musician. Another young man lounges on a blanket, his back to the viewer, as he gazes at the one dancing couple. Another figure of a man peeps out from behind a tree. They sit in a grove of trees, a small pool at the edge, as sheep graze in the distance; the towers from a town can be seen on the horizon
Alternative Title:
Fête champêtre
Description:
Title devised by curator., Label verso: A Fete Champetre after Watteau by Horace Walpole From Earl Waldegrave's Collection Signed and dated 1738. Also manuscript notes in unknown hand regarding provenance of watercolor., Dated and signed "H. Walpole 1737" in lower left of image., and Date assigned by curator after the watercolor by Watteau of which this work is based.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
