[Gothic lantern] [realia].Hallett, William, 1707-1781[approximately 1755]zxxA gothic lantern using 15th- and 16th-century colored, stained, and enameled, set in an iron, lead, and painted tin frame. Designed by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole. Formerly located in the Entrance of Strawberry HillPieces of glass that were removed or fell out are stored separatelyTitle from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.Text from 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, ... at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ...: 4 [Entrance]: "In the well of the staircase, by a cord of black and yellow, hangs a gothic lanthorn of tin japanned, designed by Mr. Bentley, and filled with painted glass; the door of it has an old pane with the arms of Vere, earl of Oxford."Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A curious gothic lanthorn, fitted with very fine ancient stained glass.Also available as a digital reproduction.