View of Strawberryhill [art original]
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Description
- 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
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 8 Box 1
- Collection Title
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- 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
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
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
- Richard Bentley, View of Strawberryhill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 12976839
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873170
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