Door of the cottage [art original]

Description

Title: Door of the cottage [art original]
Creator: Chute, John, 1701-1776, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1776]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Drawing of the door and front facade of the cottage on the grounds of Strawberry Hill. The gable roof portico is decorated with the letter "H" followed by three cross crosslets and then the letter "W", as well as with a star near the peak of the gable. Two rectangles (windows?) with images of tools flank the doorway; a short fence with a quatrefoil design is in the foreground
Description: Title and statement of responsibility written below image on mounting page, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Date of production based on John Chute's death date.
Mounted on page 176 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 9.1 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Pencil works
Ink drawings
Material: pencil with pen and brown ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Doors & doorways
Fences
Facades
Dwellings
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Doors & doorways
Fences
Facades
Dwellings
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
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: John Chute, Door of the Cottage. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.