Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760]. and Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26.
A drawing of an Gothic chimneypiece with mantel. On the verso of this drawing is a small pencil sketch of a portion of a chimneypiece
Description:
Title inscribed below design in unidentified hand., Signed by the artist with his monogram in lower right corner of sheet: RB., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
A drawing proposed by Bentley whilst a member of the "Strawberry Committee" along with John Chute and Horace Walpole, of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of a reclining figure
Alternative Title:
Perspective of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill and Staircase at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount between two drawings on the same subject: Staircase at Strawberryhill., Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 30 with another sketch of the staircase in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex. With additions in pencil above and below. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Alternative Title:
Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at bottom of sheet., Formerly mounted on leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date from J. Harris.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Design for the gallery at Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. The design was not executed
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on mount., Date from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill., and Formerly mounted on leaf 56 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
On recto an elevation drawing in gray and brown wash. On verso, preliminary pencil studies for the windows
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Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Watermark (partial) lower left edge., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 51 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On recto an elevation drawing in gray and brown wash. On verso, preliminary pencil studies for the windows
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Watermark (partial) lower left edge., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 51 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill with extensive notes on the design and dimensions. The sketch includes a figure (Horace Walpole probably) reaching for a book on a shelf in the center alcove. The drawing was later part of the portfolio entitled by Horace Walpole Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date from Harris., Extensive notes, including price estimates, by Bentley surrounding drawing and signed by Bentley with his monogram., and Formerly mounted on leaf 38 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
One of a series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; this drawing with scale and images of statuary and vases
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink in lower right: N.B. There is an error in this drawing. The radius of the bow, wanting near a foot. The Ichnog will correct it., With watermark along lower edge of paper, trimmed: D and C Blauw., and Formerly mounted on leaf 49 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a plan for one pier for the Great Cloister at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with extensive notes on the design and measurements. An incomplete pencil sketch on verso. Harris notes: "It is difficult to relate this drawing to the Great Cloister. It may be for Bateman's cloister at Old Windsor."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Part of a watermark at top of sheet, centered., 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], [circa 1760]., and Harris dates these drawings tentatively between 1757-1760.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)