View of Strawberry Hill from the road to Teddington [art original]
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Description
- Title
- View of Strawberry Hill from the road to Teddington [art original]
- Creator
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created
- [1781]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Watercolor drawing of Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's estate in Twickenham. The house, mostly obscured by the surrounding trees, is visible in the distance. A fence separates the house from the lawn, on which a woman and a girl walk. In the left foreground are two cows, one standing and one lying down. Clouds fill the sky; a few birds fly above
- Description
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Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount: E.E. 1781.
Formerly laid in 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 23.6 x 37 cm, mounted to 38.9 x 50 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Views
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- pen and ink and watercolor, with wash-line mount ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Dwellings
Estates - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Dwellings
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Knight, William, -1847 > 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
- Edward Edwards, View of Strawberry Hill from the Road to Teddington. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13263536
- Object ID (OID)
- 16850869
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