- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585
- Image Count:
- 69
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of 75 drawings and designs for Strawberry Hill which document the growth of Strawberry Hill whilst Bentley was in favor with the owner Horace Walpole and part of the "Strawberry Committee" (ca. 1753-1761) along with John Chute. Drawings include: the first plans for the main library. Besides the designs for Strawberry Hill, there are plans for other buildings, views of Jersey, sketches for Gray's Poems, etc
- Alternative Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richard Bentley ...
- Description:
- Title from special title page printed at Strawberry Hill Press, ca. 1760. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Strawberry Hill press, p. 255., With notes by Horace Walpole and Richard Bentley on mounts and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].
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