The shrine as now erected [art original].

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Title: The shrine as now erected [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Drawing of the shrine, which was erected in Rome in the year 1256, as it looked when displayed in the chapel at Strawberry Hill. It is depicted from both the front and the side, with only minimal detail included apart from the outline. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the sheet, a note of "Whole hight [sic] 12. 8 1/2" runs along the right side, and the dimensions of other parts of the shrine are written at various places within the image
Description: Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 174 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 32 x 22 cm, on sheet 36.9 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Shrines
Subjects: Shrines
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: The Shrine as Now Erected. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.