Strawberry Hill, the renowned seat of Horace Walpole : Mr. George Robins is honoured by having been selected by the Earl of Waldegrave, to sell by public competition, the valuable contents of Strawberry Hill, : and it may fearlessly be proclaimed as the most distinguished gem that has ever adorned the annals of auctions. It is definitely fixed for Monday, the 25th day of April, 1842, and twenty-three following days .. (1842)
Robins, George Henry, 1778-1847, Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Costello, Dudley, 1803-1865 · [London : George Robins] · leaf 22
abeth, in which theresemblance was so faithfully ugly that she forbade its issue; and to the satirical silver medalstruck in Holland, of Oliver Cromwell, the subject of which, though coarse to a degree, isexceedingly humourous. The Holbein Chamber claims our attention next, the contents of which… … his neck, and the no less elaborate full-length figure of the bluff monarch, in terra cotta.Albert Durers skill in carving is set forth in a singularly beautiful relievo, cut in stone, of asingle combat before the Emperor Maximilian. It bears the date of 1522. Here is the originalchair of the last…
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 · Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) · Private libraries · Art · Art objects
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