An exoticly dressed man and wild hair dances with a woman in a large headdress and flowing gown as three figures look on.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Artist's name written in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on watermark., and Watermark on paper: 1811 C[....]thley.
An exoticly dressed man and wild hair dances with a woman in a large headdress and flowing gown as three figures look on.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Artist's name written in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on watermark., and Watermark on paper: 1811 C[....]thley.
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.
Drawing for a Gothic canopy bed with a canopy above
Description:
Title devised by curator., With watermark partial, center right edge: fleur-de-lis., 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.
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.
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.
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."
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
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