View of the villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham [art original]

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Title: View of the villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham [art original]
Creator: Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
Published / Created: [1789]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Watercolor drawing of Lady Diana Beauclerk's house, known as Little Marble Hill, in Twickenham. The white house is visible at right, atop a small hill and partially obscured by a tree. The lawn with scattered trees extends outward from the house to the left, with a low brick or stone wall and part of a wooden fence visible in the foreground. The Thames, with a single sailboat on it, can barely be seen in the distance through the trees. A few pinkish clouds fill the sky near the horizon
Description: Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
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 23.5 x 37 cm, mounted to 33.4 x 45.9
Language: English

Genre: Views
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with wash-line mount ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Subjects: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808 > Homes and haunts
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
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, View of the Villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.