- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1758 and 1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 18 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with scale of a room and extensive notes, possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley design., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark in center of sheet: IV., and Formerly mounted on leaf 18 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Teahouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, with notes
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- 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]
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1758 and 1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 19 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a Chinese tea-house in ink with another smaller sketch in pencil on right side of sheet. Possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley desig., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 19 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Teahouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, close-up] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1758 and 1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 17 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with a scale of a room, possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis., and Formerly mounted on leaf 17 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Teahouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Elevation of a Chinese tea-house] [art original]