Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to the actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's and then to Mary and Agnes Berry after 1791. Trees flank either side of the house and a hedgerow separates the structure from the figures in the fore...
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Watercolor drawing of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate in Twickenham. The side of the cottage containing a large window faces the viewer, with the entrance and its portico facing left; a man, holding a cane in his ...
Alternative Title:
Cottage, drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791
Description:
Title, statement of responsibility, and date written in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Proposed design for the library at Strawberry Hill. The drawing was later mounted in Horace Walpole's portfolio of Bentley's drawings
Alternative Title:
First designs for the library at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso with notes about elevations and dimensions in Horace Walpole's hand in ink. Title on mount also in Walpole's hand.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Design of the library Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing six Gothic bays of shelving with quatrefoil designs above and a door on the right; statues and busts above the bays. Walpole has made notes on the verso of the drawin...
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the verso of the drawing.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
A series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing placement at the "door to parlour", "door to garden", and door to China room", "door to hall", and "door to hall" as well as the "ch...
Alternative Title:
Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand at lower edge of drawing.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes in ink. On the verso, a crude pencil sketch
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount below drawing
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of the floor plan design for the gallery round tower in Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil additions and a note "a window to the dome".
Alternative Title:
Designs for the Gallery round tower, and chapel and Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the door and front facade of the cottage on the grounds of Strawberry Hill. The gable roof portico is decorated with the letter "H" followed by three cross crosslets and then the letter "W", as well as with a star near the peak of the gable...
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written below image on mounting page, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Doors & doorways, Fences, Facades, and Dwellings
