The Library at Strawberry-Hill [art original]
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Description
- Title
- The Library at Strawberry-Hill [art original]
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [1788]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Shelves with Gothic arches line three walls and are filled with books; on the back wall is a large arched window and two small rose windows filled with painted glass. On the far left is the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, over which the painting of The Marriage of Henry VI hangs. In front of the fireplace is a desk on which Mrs. Damer's terra-cotta eagle sits in its glass case. Half of the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs is visible at top; oval and rectangular paintings line the walls above the bookshelves
- Description
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Title from note in artist's hand below image.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner.
Mounted on page 74 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 15.9 x 22 cm, on sheet 24.6 x 31 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Watercolors British 18th century
- Material
- watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
Twickenham. - Subject (Name)
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Dwellings
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)
Interiors - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Dwellings > England > Twickenham
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)
Interiors
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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
- John Carter, The Library at Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13200779
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193030