A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist[ca. 1751]engDrawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky aboveTitle written in brown ink below image.Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left.Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames.Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) 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.