[The armory] [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1797]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor on laid paper ; image 22.4 x 18.2 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 22.9 cm
- Notes:
- Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 79 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Carter from local catalog card. - Abstract:
- Drawing of the Armory at Strawberry Hill. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I, to the right of which hangs the shield painted with the head of Perseus. Other armor and weapons are displayed on a wall near the center of the design. Two thin columns extend down from the ceiling with decorative arches formed between them. A stained glass window is visible on the back wall, and the ornate railing of a staircase is present in the left foreground. A quiver with arrows (?) hangs on the wall in the right foreground; various armorial shields and pieces of art also decorate the walls. A vase and a carved box sit on the floor.
- Topics:
- Arms & armament.
Interiors.
Shields. - Topics:
- Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Homes and haunts. - Language:
- No linguistic content; Not applicable
- Genre:
- Watercolors--British--18th century.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 13203437
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16168
- Citation:
- John Carter, The Armory. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16193042
- PID:
- digcoll:4046858
