Cottage at Strawberry Hill [art original]

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Title: Cottage at Strawberry Hill [art original]
Alternative Title: Cottage, drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791
Creator: Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
Published / Created: [1791]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Watercolor drawing of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate in Twickenham. The side of the cottage containing a large window faces the viewer, with the entrance and its portico facing left; a man, holding a cane in his right hand and carrying a folio volume under his left arm, walks away from the entrance. A watering can, a sickle, a wheelbarrow, and a rake are in the foreground; trees surround the cottage and are also visible in the background
Description: Title, statement of responsibility, and date written in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Alternative title, statement of responsibility, and date written by Horace Walpole below image on mounting page: The cottage, drawn by J.C. Barrow, 1791.
Mounted on page 202 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 21.4 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Estates
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Joseph Charles Barrow, Cottage at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.