View of the shell seat and bridge at Strawberry Hill [art original]

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Title: View of the shell seat and bridge at Strawberry Hill [art original]
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Contributor: Bentley, R. 1708-1782, designer.
Published / Created: [1755]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Drawing of part of the grounds of Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the shell bench designed by Richard Bentley in the distance on the right and a wooden bridge over a stream on the left. A hedgerow and a wooden gate are present in the foreground, and along with a wooden fence in front of the shell bench these enclose a rectangular lawn. Trees are seen in the background and along the left side of the image
Description: Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Mounted on page 177 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 18.5 x 26 cm, on sheet 30 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and blue laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Estates
Benches
Bridges
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Estates
Benches
Bridges
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: Jean-Henri Müntz, View of the Shell Seat and Bridge at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.