View of Strawberryhill [art original]

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Title: View of Strawberryhill [art original]
Alternative Title: View of Strawberry Hill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1753]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: A drawing by Bentley from across the lawn looking toward Strawberry Hill in the distance, behind trees (right); further on beyond is another estate (left) with smoke coming from a chimney. In the foreground are pools of water and tall grasses
Description: Title in artist's hand below image.
Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink below image.
Watermark in center of sheet, lower half.
Formerly mounted on leaf 8 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 20.8 x 31.1 cm, on sheet 22.6 x 31.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Watercolors British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Estates
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, View of Strawberryhill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.