"View of Rubens' house in Antwerp in 1692. View of the garden and the back of the house with several figures in different parts; the back wall richly decorated with statues, busts and friezes, a dog in front of a closed doorway; an outer staircase visible through a collonade at right; the garden with ornamental covered seat at left; an ornate summer-house at the back of the garden; a church in far distance; three smaller images at bottom showing the interior of the chapel, the façade of the house and the interior of the master bedroom; after Jacques van Croes."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is one of two plates by Harrewyn depicting Rubens' house."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Parties de la Maison Hilwerue à Anvers 1692
Description:
Title engraved within banner in upper left corner of image., Artist from British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence. See British Museum online catalogue., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Tipped in at page 67 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 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Antwerp (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subject (Topic):
Homes & haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
"View of Rubens' house in Antwerp in 1684. View of the courtyard and the garden seen through a gate at centre; the house front at right richly decorated with statues, busts and friezes, a dog in its open doorway; a plainer building with small fountain and open door at left; ornamental gate at centre surmounted by statues of Mercury and Minerva, a tall fountain of a shepherd in a grotto at its right corner, the garden with ornamental covered seat and trees seen through its arches; a caption below inscribed on architectural structure with central cartouche showing a dolphin."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is one of two plates by Harrewyn depicting Rubens' house; the other (Hollstein 14, Schneevoogt 226.28, second plate) gives a view from the courtyard towards the house 'Parties de la maison Hilwerue a Anuers 1692'."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Maison Hilwerue à Anvers dit l'hostel Rubens 1684
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Early state, before portrait roundel added in top center. For the later state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.3., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence. See British Museum online catalogue., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 64 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 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Antwerp (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subject (Topic):
Homes & haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Volume 1, page 71. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from ink inscription at top of image., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right, using his monogrammatic initials., Date supplied by cataloger., With a scale in feet drawn to the right of image. Also with the note "x this part pulld. down by the late Lord -", referring to an "x" marked on the top portion of the depicted structure., and Mounted on page 71 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 65. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Scale within a banner drawn in upper left corner., Portions of the drawing were done on smaller pieces of paper integrated into the larger sheet; the image of the clock is drawn on a sheet 65 x 27 mm that is pasted onto the larger sheet at the center of the composition, while the image of the top of the structure is drawn on a sheet 72 x 32 mm that is pasted into an area at the top of the composition where the larger sheet has been cut away., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 65 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 61. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the western front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Alternative Title:
West front
Description:
Title devised by curator., Note in ink in upper left corner: The west front., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "2" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on the following leaf (page 63) is a sheet on which an inscription about the erection and repair of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to west front"., and Mounted on page 61 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 59. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the southern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Alternative Title:
South front and Chichester cross
Description:
Title devised by curator., Sheet annotated in ink with "The south front" above image and "Chichester Cross" below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "3" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on same page is a separate sheet on which the dedicatory inscription for the clock of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to south front"., and Mounted on page 59 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., In pencil on mount: aus Wenings Topographie 1700., Possibly from Historico-Topographica Descriptio, published between 1721 and 1726., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title devised by curator., Devised title and artist attribution based on Horace Walpole's notes on facing leaf: This book belonged to Mr. Pope, and the drawing is by him. Horace Walpole, 1766. It is a view of Twickenham Church from his own garden., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn on front flyleaf in volume 1 of Alexander Pope's copy of: Homeri opera quae extant omnia. Amstelaedami : Ex officina Wetsteniana, MDCCVII [1707].
A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. Three horses on the shore pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left. A row boat on the river midfield wtih two other small boats in the distance, up and down stream
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on the dated drawing on which this print is based., and Inscribed on backing: For Mr. Lewis our fairy Godfather on his 76th birthday, with love Becky & Tim More, Nov. 14th, 1971. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats
Alternative Title:
Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of sheet., Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748., and Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Rivers, George Pitt, Baron, 1721-1803
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. On shore in the foreground a string of houses pulls a load, which is not in view
Alternative Title:
View of Dr. Batty's House at Twickenham
Description:
Title, date, artist's initials, and artist name inscribed in ink, in the same hand., Inscribed in the lower right corner of the image: "AH. 1748." On the verso in the same hand, "by A. Heckel.", Drawing used as the basis of the engraving entitled: A view of Dr. Batty's house at Twickenham., and Watermarked: LV.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
Alternative Title:
Pope's villa, Twickenham
Description:
Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
Title from note in ink above image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production from Horace Walpole's note below image: This view was taken about 1750. It was then a farm house., and Tipped in opposite page 239 in Horace Walpole's copy of the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Hamilton's Memoires du comte de Grammont.
Façade of the bungalow in Chelsea, with colonnade at front; above at centre the royal arms, with soldiers and men holding scientific instruments on either side
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., and Formerly dated 1730.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Chelsea (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Bungalows, Facades, Scientific equipment, British, and Soldiers
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
Description:
Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Text at bottom of plate identifies the house at center of image as "Lord Kingston's" and the resident of house at right of image as "Green Esqr.", "No. 34"--Lower right corner., No. 38, "Sir John Hawkins," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 40, "Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: W.F.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, & sold by J. Boydell, engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
A collection of approximately 130 drawings and sketches by John Chute and one etching and engraving entitled Chaucer's Grove by P. Mazell (artist James Pettit Andrews) given to Horace Walpole, for his renovation of Strawberry Hill, bound in one volume and with an additional 23 loose leaves, including sketches for the Gallery, Round Tower, and one inspired by a doorcase in Dugdale's St. Paul's for the presses in the Library. Some of the drawings have been annotated by Walpole and/or Thomas Kirgate
Alternative Title:
Original drawings and sketches
Description:
Title from ms. title page in Horace Walpole's hand., Title from Hazen: Original drawings and sketches., In English., John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'Strawberry committee.', Bound in original marbled boards., Inscribed on front fly leaf: "Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 5, 1887.", On front pastedown, Carlingford's bookplate., Marble boards with half-leather. Written in ink in unidentified hand on front cover: Strawberry Hill (drawings). Paper lable on spine: "33.", The 3 volumes consist of 1 album and 2 cases., and Original marbled boards. Second Strawberry Hill Sale fleuron used as bookplate. Press-mark K.13, but moved to the Closet. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; probably kept in the Glass Closet until 1790. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: 'Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 6, 1867.' Bookplate of Lord Carlingford, who married Lady Waldegrave in 1863.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Country homes, and Buildings, structures, etc
