View of the lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792 [art original]
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33207475
Description
- Title
- View of the lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792 [art original]
- Alternative Title
- View of the lake and Temple of Aesculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792
- Creator
- Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837, artist
- Published / Created
- [1792]
- Publication Place
- Rome
- Description
-
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in pencil on verso.
Mounted below on the same page is another drawing by the same artist: Ideal landscape.
Mounted on page 192 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641). - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 127, to Graves, Pall-Mall, £1.5.0. [London, 1258]. Inserted into Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) when the volume was rebound soon after 1844. Sotheby's, 26 July 1855 (Charles Meigh Sale), lot 1822, to Toovey; Anderson, 12 November 1919 (Avery Sale), lot 961, to George D. Smith for the Spencer Collection in the New York Public Library, $375. New York Public Library, February 1950, to W.S. Lewis, by exchange to Yale for the Lewis Walpole Collection.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 10.5 x 13.8 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
- Collection Title
- Page 192. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole.
- Collection/Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [between 1771 and 1792]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Views
Landscape drawings
Ink drawings - Material
- pen and ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy : Park)
- Subject (Name)
- Temple of Aesculapius (Rome, Italy),
- Subject (Topic)
-
Lakes
Temples - Subjects
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Villa Borghese (Rome, Italy : Park) > Pictorial works
Temple of Aesculapius (Rome, Italy)
Lakes
Temples
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- Ellis Cornelia Knight, View of the Lake and Temple of Esculapius in Villa Borghese, Rome, 1792. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15658815
- Object ID (OID)
- 33207475
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