"A little plaything house set in enameled meadows with filagree hedges" [art original]
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16704356
Description
- Title
- "A little plaything house set in enameled meadows with filagree hedges" [art original]
- Creator
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Published / Created
- [1885]
- Publication Place
- New York?
- Abstract
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In a circular drawing framed by trees in the foreground, a view of the cottage called Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, owned by the fashionable toy dealer Mrs. Chenevix and purchased in 1748 by Horace Walpole. The small ivy-covered house stands at center surrounded by green meadows divided by hedgerows; the Thames is barely visible in the distance on the right. In the foreground a gentleman with a walking stick passes a stile
- Description
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Title written below image, from a quotation in Horace Walpole's letter to Henry Seymour Conway, 8 June 1747.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower portion of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 12.
Bound in as page 132 in volume 1 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884. - Provenance
- Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 25.6 x 18 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Views
Watercolors American 19th century - Material
- watercolor ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic)
- Dwellings
- Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Dwellings
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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
- David Edward Cronin, "A Little Plaything House Set in Enameled Meadows with Filagree Hedges". The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13689697
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704356
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