[Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original]

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Title: [Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1753]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill with extensive notes on the design and dimensions. The sketch includes a figure (Horace Walpole probably) reaching for a book on a shelf in the center alcove. The drawing was later part of the portfolio entitled by Horace Walpole Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley
Description: Title devised by curator.
Date from Harris.
Extensive notes, including price estimates, by Bentley surrounding drawing and signed by Bentley with his monogram.
Formerly mounted on leaf 38 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.2 x 30.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Designs and plans
Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: brown wash with ink and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Private libraries
Libraries (Rooms)
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Private libraries > Designs and plans
Libraries (Rooms)
British > 18th century
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Alternative Design for the Library at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.