[The library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

Description

Title: [The library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1781]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, complete with full shelves with Gothic arches, the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs as well as statuary and paintings. Outline of a desk in front of the fireplace sketched in.
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Later engraved by Godfrey for the 1784 edition of The description of the villa at Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill.
Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Provenance: From the Gaskill Collection, purchased 1939 by W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 31 x 45.3 cm, mounted to 35.6 x 49.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Architectural drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: watercolor, pencil, and pen & ink ;, laid paper., and 12 3/16 x 15 5/16 in., mounted to 14 x 19 1/16 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Dwellings
Libraries (Rooms)
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Dwellings > England > Twickenham
Libraries (Rooms)
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Edward Edwards, The Library at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.