Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the north front of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, with horses grazing on the left and two riders and a carriage passing before the walls on the right
Description:
Title engraved below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 16 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 15.3 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 19.2 x 26 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Geographic):
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
SH Views Un58 no. 17 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 51
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the north front of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, with horses grazing on the left and two riders and a carriage passing before the walls on the right
Description:
Title from ms. note on verso., Note on verso, signed "G.E.": "North front of Strawberry Hill, corresponding almost exactly to the print by R.B. Godfrey that appears in A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, vol. ii, p. 399. There is a tradition that these [illegible] on copper came from the Tribune of H.W. of Strawberry Hill, in [were?] subsequently purc[hased] at Ld. Northbrook's sale in 1910. [Signed] G.E.", Ownership by Horace Walpole questionable., and After the print by R.B. Godfrey that appears in A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784, opp. p. 1, after William Marlow's watercolor.
A view of the north front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Twickenham, from the road. In the right foreground a fashionable couple stroll down the lane, away from the viewer, with a dog at their side. Further down the road, a man pushes a full wheelbarrel past the entrance of the villa. In the distance can be seen another woman with a basket on her arm
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 269 x 214 mm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May [the] 20th, 1786 by H.D. Symonds, No. 4 Stationers Court Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
A view of the north front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Twickenham, from the road. In the right foreground a fashionable couple stroll down the lane, away from the viewer, with a dog at their side. Further down the road, a man pushes a full wheelbarrel past the entrance of the villa. In the distance can be seen another woman with a basket on her arm
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Laid in between front end paper and front flyleaf.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May [the] 20th, 1786 by H.D. Symonds, No. 4 Stationers Court Ludgate Street
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"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
Watercolor drawing of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the fields to the southwest. The Round Tower of the house is seen in the middle distance, partially obscured by trees. A brick wall separates the house from the road in the foreground; two men, one riding a horse, travel the road on the left, heading away from the viewer and into the shadows behind a wooden fence. Blue sky and white clouds are seen above
Alternative Title:
Southwest view of the house from the fields
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 18 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
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
"View of Copenhagen House, from the gardens; two slim and one stout man smoking a pipe stand in foreground, a horse to their left, two further men walk away from tavern to right, looking suspiciously towards the other men, behind them men play a game of skittles; fields in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Southeast view of Copenhagen House
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., For a nearly identical print, probably from a different plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.5.9., and Leaf 64 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Islington (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Taverns (Inns), Pipes (Smoking), and Games
Page 6. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, as seen from the southeast part of the property. The white structure is prominent in the center of the image, with ivy and shrubs obscuring the first floor of the house in places. A clump of trees separates the main house from another building on the left, only the edge of which is visible. On the lawn in front of the trees is an urn sitting on a pedestal. A cloud-filled sky is seen above
Alternative Title:
Southeast view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Buckler and date of production from signatures and dates on two similar drawings bound in the same volume., and Bound in as page 6 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
