[Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1810]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : pen and ink, gray wash, and watercolor on laid paper ; sheet 21.8 x 16.6 cm, inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card.
Date based on artist's death date.
Inlaid on page 56a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Probably from Thomas Kirgate's library, with his (as well as Horace Walpole's) manuscript notes in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 12 June 1933 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 365, to Maggs. Sold by Maggs to W.S. Lewis, August 1933. - Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the right hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The eight small paintings, arranged in three columns, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "right hand" written in pencil at the bottom.
- Topics:
- Cabinets (Case furniture)
Miniatures (Paintings) - Topics:
- Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Ink drawings--British--19th century.
Wash drawings--British--19th century.
Watercolors--British--19th 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
- Source Title:
- Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Orbis Record:
- 13772365
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Citation:
- Thomas Kirgate, Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, Right Hand Door. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16822556
- PID:
- digcoll:4777905
