11712nam a22003857a 4500 pucpr 20240514120832.0 200117t20202020paua b s001 0 eng 9780271085883 cloth pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA966.5.G66 R44 2020 23 720.9421 Reeve, Matthew M., author. Gothic architecture and sexuality in the circle of Horace Walpole / Matthew M. Reeve. txt University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. xviii, 260 p. : ill. ; col. ; 27 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdacontent still image sti rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index. List of Illustrations vii -- Preface: Medievalism, Modernity, and the History of Sexuality xi -- Abbreviations xix -- Introduction 1 -- 1 The New Medievalism Constructing the Gothic in the Circle of Horace Walpole 19 -- 2 Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill 49 -- 3 Queer Family Romance in the Strawberry Hill Collection 89 -- 4 Dicky Bateman and the Gothicization of Old Windsor 119 -- 5 “The Spirit of Strawberry-Castle” Donnington Grove, The Vyne, and Lee Priory 145 -- 6 From Strawberry Hill Gothic to the Gothic Revival 179 -- Notes 191 -- Bibliography 219 -- Index 241 -- ILLUSTRATIONS 1. George Perfect Harding after J.H. Müntz, Horace Walpole in His Library [at Strawberry Hill] xx -- 2. Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill, after restoration 1 -- 3. Houghton Hall, Norfolk 4 -- 4. Lord Burlington’s villa at Chiswick 8 -- 5. “A Common Council Man of Candlestick Ward and his Wife … near Clapham” 9 -- 6. Philip Dawe, “The Macaroni: A real Character at the late Masquerade” 10 -- 7. Batty Langley, “Eleventh Frontispiece” 21 -- 8. William Kent, “The Redcross Knight Introduced by Duessa to the House of Pride” 23 -- 9. Canaletto, Interior of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge 28 -- 10. Temple of Liberty, Stowe 31 -- 11. Walpole arms with stags and the family motto, Fari quae sentiat 33 -- 12. John Carter, view in the Oratory at Strawberry Hill 35 -- 13. John Carter, view from the Hall at Strawberry Hill 36 -- 14. “A Scene in a Nunnery Garden”39 -- 15. John Carter, model of the tomb of Thomas Becket 40 -- 16. Thomas Rowlandson, Nuns at Prayer in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill 40 -- 17. John Donowell, entrance to the Hellfire Caves 41 -- 18. William Hogarth, Sir Francis Dashwood at His Devotions 42 -- 19. Fay ce que voundras, carved above the main entrance to Medmenham Abbey 42 -- 20. John Carter, The Entry of Frederick into the Castle of Otranto 45 -- 21. Richard Bentley, dedicatory frontispiece to Horace Walpole’s Memoires of George II 48 -- 22. John Giles Eccardt and John Wootton, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, His First Wife 51 -- 23. John Chute, design for the Cloister and Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill 55 -- 24. Luke Sullivan, “A View of Esher in Surry [sic], the Seat of the Late Rt. Honble. Henry Pelham Esqr.” 57 -- 25a. Ground plan of Strawberry Hill, 1781 58 -- 25b. Floor plan of Strawberry Hill, 1781 59 -- 26. Edward Edwards, staircase at Strawberry Hill 60 -- 27. J. H. Müntz, “East view of Strawberry-hill near Twickenham in Middlesex” 61 -- 28. Edward Edwards, the Gallery at Strawberry Hill 62 -- 29. John Carter, the Round Drawing Room 63 -- 30. John Carter, the Holbein Chamber 65 -- 31. Chimneypiece of the Holbein Chamber 66 -- 32. Tomb of Archbishop Warham 66 -- 33. Screen of the Holbein Chamber 67 -- 34. “Jubé de Leglise de St Ouen”67 -- 35. Richard Bentley, screen in the Holbein Chamber 67 -- 36. John Carter,the Tribune at Strawberry Hill 69 -- 37. J. H. Müntz, “From the Inside of the Great Church at St Albans” 70 -- 38. “An internal perspective view of the Chapter house at York” 70 -- 39. West window at York Minster 71 -- 40. Johann Zoffany, Tribuna of the Uffizi 72 -- 41. John Carter, the Refectory at Strawberry Hill 73 -- 42. Chimneypiece in the Refectory 74 -- 43. William Hallett Sr., one of eight Gothic chairs for the Strawberry Hill Refectory 74 -- 44. George Perfect Harding, Gothic table 74 -- 45. Gothic canopies in the Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill 75 -- 46. Wenceslaus Hollar, “Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sti. Pauli Orientalis facies” 76 -- 47. Robert Adam, design for the ceiling of the Round Room at Strawberry Hill 77 -- 48. Richard Bentley, perspective of the Hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill 78 -- 49. Chantry chapel of Prince Arthur at Worcester Cathedral 79 -- 50. A painted window formerly employed as fictive tracery on the north front of the Gallery 80 -- 51. Edward Edwards, the Library at Strawberry Hill 81 -- 52. Wenceslaus Hollar, “Partis exterioris Chori ab Occidente prospectus” 82 -- 53. William Hogarth, Taste in High Life 83 -- 54. John Shute, “Dorica” 85 -- 55. Detail from A Collection of the Spintrian Medals of Tiberius 92 -- 56. Simon Thomassin, “Antinoüs” 93 -- 57. William Hallet Sr., the Walpole Cabinet 94 -- 58. John Carter, “The Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels” 95 -- 59. A miniature from Walpole’s cabinet, described as “a sleeping hermaphrodite between satyrs” 96 -- 60. Simon Thomassin, “L’Hermaphrodite” 96 -- 61. Pompeo Batoni, Portrait Miniature of John Chute 97 -- 62. The Brand Cabinet 97 -- 63. Bronze medal of Pope Paul III (Observe) with Ganymede and Jupiter as eagle (reverse) 98 -- 64. I. Truepenny, “Miss Prettyman in Clover”99 -- 65. Pier Leone Ghezzi, Baron Philipp von Stosch Receiving Roman Antiquaries 101 -- 66. Marble eagle on an alter base (Boccapadugli Eagle), originally displayed in the Long Gallery 102 -- 67. Joshua Reynolds, Horace Walpole 103 -- 68. Benvenuto Cellini, Ganymede and Jupiter 104 -- 69. J.H. Müntz, monumental brass of Ralph Walpole, bishop of Norwich and Ely 106 -- 70. William Hallett Sr., Gothic lantern from the main staircase at Strawberry Hill 106 -- 71. Strawberry Hill Library ceiling 110 -- 72. Blue Bedchamber after restoration, Strawberry hill 112 -- 73. John Giles Eccardt, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams 114 -- 74. John Giles Eccardt, Thomas Gray 114 -- 75. John Giles Eccardt, Richard Bentley 114 -- 76. John Giles Eccardt, Horace Walpole 114 -- 77. Joshua Reynolds, The Out of Town Party 115 -- 78. Robert Levrac-Tournières, Richard Bateman 118 -- 79. Dicky Bateman’s Old Windsor, Berkshire 120 -- 80. Shobdon church, Herefordshire, exterior 121 -- 81. Shobdon church, Herefordshire, interior 121 -- 82. Shobdon Arches, Herefordshire 122 -- 83. John Carter, “The Crucifix under the Shrine in the Chapel” 124 -- 84. Walrus-ivory draughts piece 124 -- 85. View of the farmhouse, Old Windsor 126 -- 86. View of Grove House, Old Windsor 126 -- 87. Thomas Robins, Prospect from the Meadow, Grove House, Old Windsor, detail 127 -- 88. Thomas Robins, Prospect from the River, Grove House, Old Windsor, detail 127 -- 89. J.H. Müntz, “Elevation of Mr. Bateman’s Gothik Room at Old Windsor” 129 -- 90. J.H. Müntz, “Section of the Honble. Rich. Bateman’s Octagone [sic] Room at Old Windsor” 129 -- 91. Bateman’s dining room at Old Windsor 130 -- 92. J.H. Müntz, elevation of a cloister for Grove House, Old Windsor 130 -- 93. Richard Bentley, “Gothic Cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley” 130 -- 94. J.H. Müntz, the tomb of Caducanus, Old Windsor 131 -- 95. George Perfect Harding, Geat Cloister at Strawberry Hill, showing chairs acquired from Dicky Bateman 132 -- 96. Malmesbury Châsse, champlevé enamel reliquary 133 -- 97. “The Man Milliner,” satiric print featuring Mr. Fribble 137 -- 98. “The Modern Duel, Taken from Miss in her Teens, as it’s now Acter at Covent Garden”138 -- 99. Thomas Holloway, “Contrasted attitudes of a man and a fribble” 141 -- 100. Peter Mazell. “Chaucer’s Grove near Spidehill the Seat of Mr. Andrews” 147 -- 101. Edwin W. Jacques, “Plas Newydd, near Llangollen”147 -- 102. Donnington Grove, Berkshire 149 -- 103. John Chute, “Designs of a Gothic House for Mr Andrews in Berkshire 150 -- 104. Richard Bentley (attrib.), preliminary drawings of Donnington Grove 150 -- 105. John Chute (attrib.), probably Chute’s design for a “a rustic Gothic Temple in flint” at Donnington 151 -- 106. Donnington Castle 151 -- 107. Donnington Grove, staircase 152 -- 108. Donnington Grove, upper gallery 153 -- 109. James Pettit Andrews, the library at Donnington Grove 153 -- 110. Thomas Penrose, copies of figures from Walpole’s copy of Giovanni Battista Braccelli’s Bizzarie di varie figure 154 -- 111. “Armour as it was placed on the staircase at the Grove and the ‘Gilded Caque’ –In the Revd. Penrose’s Poem of ‘The Helmets”’155 -- 112. Gabriel Mathias, John Chute 156 -- 113. J.H. Müntz, The Vyne from the North East 157 -- 114. Detail of the scagliola tabletop in the Oak Gallery at the Vyne, Hampshire 158 -- 115. Stonework eagle at the Vyne, Hampshire 158 -- 116. Façade designs in the hand of John Chute 159 -- 117. The staircase hall at the Vyne, Hampshire 159 -- 118. The chapel at the Vyne, Hampshire, facing east 160 -- 119. The antechapel, the Vyne, Hampshire 160 -- 120. The chapel at the Vyne, Hampshire, facing west 162 -- 121. Decorations by Spiridione Roma on the north wall of the chapel at the Vyne, Hampshire 163 -- 122. John Chute’s drawing of the west wall of the chapel at the Vyne, Hampshire 163 -- 123. The interior of the tomb chanber at the Vyne, Hampshire 164 -- 124. Joh Dixon, View of the South Façade of Lee Priory 167 -- 125. Limoges champlevé enamel candlesticks from Lee Priory 168 -- 126. John Carter, posthumous portrait of Thomas Barrett in his library 168 -- 127. James Wyatt, the Strawberry Room, Lee Priory 169 -- 128. James Wyatt, the bookcase from Lee Priory library 170 -- 129. John Carter (attrib.), “North view of Lee, the seat of Thos. Barrett Esq., near Canterbury, Taken 1785” 171 -- 130. Lee Priory, ground plan 171 -- 131. Dominican monastery of Batalha, Portugal 171 -- 132. Lee priory entrance hall 172 -- 133. John Carter, “View in the Walpole Closet at Lee” 173 -- 134. Lee Priory library 173 -- 135. John Carter, “View in the Library at Lee” 174 -- 136. Frontispiece to Walpole’s Description (1784) 174 -- 137. Lee Priory, library antechamber reconstruction 175 -- 138. Edward J. Lennox, Casa Loma, Toronto 177 -- 139. Joseph M. W. Turner, Perspective View of Fonthill Abbey from the South-West 186 -- 140. “Fonthill Abbey: Interior of the Great Western Hall” 187 -- "Addresses the question of how and why Horace Walpole and the men of his circle promoted the Gothic style in art, architecture, and literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century"-- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Friends and associates. Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Homes and haunts England London. Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Art collections. Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) Gothic revival (Architecture) England. Homosexuality and architecture England History 18th century. History of Architecture 301246 Gay and lesbian studies. 101543 Art and history. 197524 lcc 27 NA966.5.G66 General R44 2020 302431 302431 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2024-05-07 Amazon 78.14 1 General NA966.5.G66 R44 2020 91000000072884 2024-10-23 12:51:56 2024-10-16 1 88.14 2024-05-07 27