Hampton Court [art original].

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Title: Hampton Court [art original].
Alternative Title: View down the river from Hampton Court
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Published / Created: between 1752 and 1762?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: View down the Thames from Hampton Court wtih a pair of houses being lead to the carriage in the foreground. Two tourists stand on the terrace looking at the view, as another man below turns away from the view below
Description: Title inscribed on verso by Horace Walpole: Hampton Court
Also inscribed on verso in ink: H. Walpole.
Descriptive title inscribed in pencil on verso by W.S. Lewis.
Attributed to J.-H. Müntz.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Parson's in 1931. Possibly part of the collection from Strawberry Hill described as no. 3575 in A.T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, and sold at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii. 31 to William Knight, Esq. [London, 1259] and later broken up. Formerly housed as part of the Strawberry Hill Contents collection.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.9 x 18.8 cm, matted to 18.9 x 22.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with pen and ink ; and laid paper watercolor with wash drawn mount ; sheet 5 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches, matted to 7 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Richmond upon Thames (London, England) in art.
Subject (Name): Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) in art.
Subjects: Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) in art
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) in art
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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