Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Title:
A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex. : with an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c.
Published / Created:
Strawberry-Hill [London] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
Physical Description:
[2], [iv], 96 p., [27] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the large paper edition, in original boards, as issued, with the autograph of Miss Cholmeley and the bookplate of Charles Singleton. Copy 2 has the bookplate of Richard Blackett Beaumont.
Subject Terms:
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 -- Printer. | Cholmeley, Miss -- Autograph. (copy 1) | Singleton, Charles -- Bookplate. (copy 1) | Beaumont, Richard Blackett, b.1926 -- Bookplate. (copy 2) | Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) | Strawberry-Hill (Twickenham, London, England) -- Imprints -- Specimens -- 1784. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1784.
Contributors:
Godfery, J. | Newton, J., engraver. | Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, engraver. | Marlow, William, 1740-1813, ill. | Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, ill. | Pars, William, 1742-1782, ill.