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)
Four topographical plates (2 colored), stitched as issued in original pale yellow printed wrappers
Description:
Cover title., Date from dealer's description., Series number added in pencil., Rear wrapper lists 16 parts to the series, with no. 7 listed as "Buildings - Carlton Palace &c.", "Two pence.", Lewis Walpole Library copy: The number '7' in the title is supplied in pencil., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
10, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):
Malmesbury (England), England, London., England., and Malmesbury.
Subject (Name):
Carlton House (London, England) and Eltham Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Abbeys, Castles & palaces, and Market crosses
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Title engraved below image., Date of printing based on watermark., Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '9' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff., and Watermark on paper '1794'.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament August 1st 1780 by Ralph Bigland, Garter principal King of Arms
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Gloucestershire (England)
Subject (Topic):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments and Buildings, structures, etc
Title engraved below image., With a separately titled plate on same sheet: Miserden. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [178-?], and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '16' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Gloucestershire (England) and England.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Effigies
Page 5. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's. Trees flank the house on either side; a group of women and children stand on the path in the right foreground
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Artist and date of production from note in ink on mounting sheet: This is the original drawing by Charles John Smith from which he engraved the plate for Murray's Johnsoniana published in 1836, p. 177., and Mounted on page 5 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
A small pencil drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, a residence given to Mary and Agnes Berry by Horace Walpole, has been attributed to Mary Berry. A woman stands on the path in front of the house, as a man leans over the railing of the second story balcony. A second man walks toward the back of the house on the left
Description:
Title and artist name written on verso in brown ink, in unknown hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852 and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses
"View of a fairly large house in Green Park, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, three figures on pathway in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord William Gordon's lodge, in the Green Park
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Bound in before page 247 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Green Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, William, 1744-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Parks, and Dwellings
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 108a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Luton Hoo (England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
