The Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill [art original]
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Description
- Title
- The Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [1788]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
- Description
-
Title, statement of responsibility, and date written by Horace Walpole in brown ink on verso.
Tipped in at page 171 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. - Extent
- 1 drawing : image 20.5 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 24.2 x 33.9 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Watercolors British 18th century
- Material
- watercolor on laid paper ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Cloisters
Interiors
Chairs
Vases - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Cloisters
Interiors
Chairs
Vases
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
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 Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13246626
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193235