A description of Strawberry Hill [art original]

Description

Title: A description of Strawberry Hill [art original]
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [1781]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawn frontispiece to A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... at Strawberry-Hill ... . A structure of Gothic design is depicted, with the abridged title of the book at its center. Alcoves in the structure hold statues on either side of title; the statue on the right is a knight in armor. The Walpole family crest is drawn in gold below the title and the Walpole motto "Fari quae sentiat" appears within a banner on the ground in front of the structure
Description: Title written in ink and gold paint at center of design.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount below image.
Mounted on page 9 (formerly H) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 17.2 x 11.8 cm, mounted to 21.5 x 16.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Frontispieces
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: pen and ink, watercolor, and gold paint, with wash-line mount ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Subjects: Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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