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Gothic cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley
Title
Gothic cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley [art original] R. Bentley inv. & delin.
Production
[England], [ca. 1762]
Physical Description
1 drawing on 2 sheets : pen and ink with gray, yellow and brown wash ; sheets 23.4 x 68.4 cm
Notes
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.
Watermark: [...] C. Blauw.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, London sale, lot 1259. Ex dono from Seymour de Ricci to W.S. Lewis, July 1933.
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Gothic cloister designed by Mr. Bentley
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2012
References
Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections, p. 23
Richard Bentley, Gothic Cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Bentley, Gothic Cloyster designed by Mr. Bentley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Design drawings.
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
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