- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585c no. 2++ (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Elevation of flank of seven bays of pointed arches divided by thin buttresses, and elevation of end. This is probably the design for the cloister linking Bateman's house to this Gothic Octagon designed by Muntz. In a letter written to George Montagu on 24 September 1762, Horace Walpole refers to Bentley's design for Bateman's cloister; also associated with Walpole's Strawberry Hill. See Harris
- Alternative Title:
- Gothic cloister designed by Mr. Bentley
- Description:
- Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Signed by the artist in the lower right corner below design., Date based on correspondence between Montague and Walpole in which this design is discussed., and Watermark: [...] C. Blauw.
- Subject (Name):
- Bateman, Richard, approximately 1705-1773, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Gothic cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley [art original]
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- Creator:
- Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1780]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M647 no. 3 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pen and black ink architectural drawing of an elevation of a bed chamber featuring cornice molding, a decorative chimneypiece, and two window bays. Corresponding dimensions, notes, calculations, and profiles occupy empty space throughout the design
- Alternative Title:
- Elevations of the interior walls of a room with the chimney-piece and the profile of a cornice and Elevation of a room, the bed chamber for Lord Dacre
- Description:
- Title from description inscribed within image. and One of four drawings in a folder.
- Subject (Name):
- Dacre, Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Baron, 1717-1786.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cornices, Chimneypieces, and Floor plans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bed chamber for Lord Dacre [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [September 1759]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585c no. 1
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A design proposed for the monument to Roger Townshend in Westminster Abbey; sent in Horace Walpole's letter to the deceased's mother Lady Townshend, Friday 21 September 1759. In his letter he attributes the design to Richard Bentley and acknowledges authorship of the epitaph: "To the memory of Roger Townshend her youngest son slain in the service of his country at ... 1759, Ethelreda Viscountess Townshend dedicates this marble. Lov'd Son, adieu! Tho' from a Mother's eyes fond tears you call, She thanks you, that without a blush they fall. Lady Townshend did not use this design but instead a design by Robert Adam
- Alternative Title:
- To the memory of Roger Townshend
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Watermark in center of sheet: GR., and For transcription of the letter along with a reproduction of the image, see: Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 40, p. 166-67.
- Subject (Name):
- Townshend, Roger, Sir, -1493., Townshend, Ethelreda Harrison, viscountess, 1708?-1788., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monuments & memorials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for Roger Townshend's monument] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585b leaf 66
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing for a canopy for a bed, probably showing the head board
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Watermark in center of sheet: Pro patria., One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date based on creation date of album.
- Subject (Topic):
- Furniture, Gothic and Canopy beds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for a Gothic structure, a bed] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585b leaf 60
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing in pen and ink with wash for a canopy for a bed with measurements noted in pencil at the bottom of sheet in Horace Walpole's hand
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Watermark in center of sheet: Pro patria., One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date based on creation date of album.
- Subject (Topic):
- Canopy beds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for a canopy for a bed] [art original].
- Creator:
- Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1780]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M647 no. 9 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An ink drawing with some pencil, of a design for a captial with decorated with ancanthi leaves
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Written below design in an unidentified hand: "At Ed. Egremounts Library in Pickadilly, plaister cornice under [the] cove."
- Subject (Topic):
- Acanthi, Capitals (Columns), and Cornices
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Detail of a cornice] [art original].
- Creator:
- Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1780]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M647 no. 2 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pen and black ink architectural drawing of an elevation of a gothic room featuring columns, profiles of cornice molding, a detail of a fleur-de-lis or Strasburg lily, and a single window with intersecting lattice work
- Alternative Title:
- Elevation of a gothic room of three bays by two, with gothic ornaments and cornices
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and One of four drawings in a folder.
- Subject (Topic):
- Quatrefoils, Cornices, Architectural decorations & ornaments, Fleur-de-lis, and Floor plans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Elevation of a Gothic room] [drawing].
- Creator:
- Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1780]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M647 no. 1 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Ink and wash architectural drawing of an elevation of a room with a gothic chimneypiece that includes an ornate mirror with cartouche frame over the mantel. Copious notes in pencil are dispersed throughout the plan and include construction materials and corrections
- Alternative Title:
- Interior elevation and plan of a room with gothic chimneypiece surrounded by a mirror
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and One of four drawings in a folder.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chimneypieces, Cornices, Architectural mirrors, and Floor plans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Elevation of a room with Gothic chimney] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 14 Box D110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of a man in profile walking to the left with a folded umbrella held in the crook of his arm. Behind in on the right, a small figure
- Description:
- Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Umbrellas
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Man with umbrella walking] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1776?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 15 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Scene showing the actor and dramatist Samuel Foote in the role of Fondlewife, a character in William Congreve's comedy "The Old Bachelor". Foote wears a long unfastened, deep-cuffed coat over a waistcoat, breeches tied at the knee, and a tassled scarf knotted at his neck. He holds a tall walking stick in his right hand
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, and Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mr. Foote as Fondlewife] [art original].