View of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey [art original]

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Title: View of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey [art original]
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: Jersey
Abstract: Watercolor drawing of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, as viewed from the west across St. Aubin's Bay. Mainland Jersey is visible on the left; several sailboats surround the islet on which the castle sits, with men seen hoisting a sail on the boat in the right foreground. Gray clouds fill the sky
Description: Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 69 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 : image 28.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 29.7 x 45 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
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Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Jersey.
Subject (Name): Elizabeth Castle (Saint Helier, Jersey)
Subject (Topic): Castles & palaces
Subjects: Elizabeth Castle (Saint Helier, Jersey) > Pictorial works
Jersey
Castles & palaces
British > 18th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Jean-Henri Müntz, View of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.