The shell bench [graphic]Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker[ca. 1784]engA print of the bench in the shape of a shell, carved in oak from a design by Richard Bentley for Horace Walpole, that was on the grounds of his Strawberry Hill estate in TwickenhamTitle etched below image.First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner.Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.Mounted on page 264 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13.1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 18.1 x 17.3 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.For further information, consult library staff.