Drawing of the chimney-piece and associated items in the China Closet at Strawberry Hill. In the niche above the chimney are the faience ewer, the green glass tumblers, and the glass salt cellars that were kept there; over the niche can be seen additional cups of faience and the bronze medallion. The arms of Talbot, Bridges, Sackville, and Walpole adorn the lower part of the chimney, and a jar of blue and white china sits inside of it. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 29 of 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the chimney-piece in the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill, the design of which was taken from the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Two silver andirons sit inside the chimney; three large jars and two beakers, also of silver, sit on the mantel above the chimney. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 120 of 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Chimneypieces, Andirons, Mantels, Urns, and Vases