[Design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

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Title: [Design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill?
Abstract: Drawing showing the elevation for the screen for the Holbein Chamber, the first room of the State Apartment in Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, England; with small details in pen and ink or graphite. On the verso, four small pencil sketches of windows
Description: Title devised by curator.
Watermark in center of sheet: IV.
One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Date based on creation date of album.
Provenance: Probably Strawberry Hill sale, 1842, lot 1259, 10th day. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Seymour de Ricci in Paris in May or June of 1926.
Extent: 2 drawings on 1 sheet : sheet 25.2 x 39 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: brown and gray wash with pen and ink and graphite ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Screens
Subjects: Screens
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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