Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].

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Title: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].
Alternative Title: Drawings and designs by Richard Bentley ...
Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Contributor: Bentley, R. 1708-1782, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1760]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: A collection of 75 drawings and designs for Strawberry Hill which document the growth of Strawberry Hill whilst Bentley was in favor with the owner Horace Walpole and part of the "Strawberry Committee" (ca. 1753-1761) along with John Chute. Drawings include: the first plans for the main library. Besides the designs for Strawberry Hill, there are plans for other buildings, views of Jersey, sketches for Gray's Poems, etc
Description: Title from special title page printed at Strawberry Hill Press, ca. 1760. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Strawberry Hill press, p. 255.
With notes by Horace Walpole and Richard Bentley on mounts and drawings.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine (recently lost when rebacked). Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: ca. 75 drawings in 1 album : binding 39 cm
ca. 3 prints in 1 album :
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Pictorial works
Architectural drawings
Book illustrations
Views
Drawings (visual works)
Watercolors (visual works)
Etchings
Material: wash, pen and ink ; and etchings
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Subjects: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 > Illustrations
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Knight, William > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782 > Ms. notes

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