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Gateway for Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley
Title
Gateway for Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].
Production
[Strawberry Hill], [not after 1760]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink with pencil and light gray wash ; sheet 19 x 26.9 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at top right of sheet.
Formerly mounted on leaf 57 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
Date based on creation date of album.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Summary
A drawing of a design for the gateway with scale to Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil sketches of a floor plan and other notes and sketch.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2017
References
Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections, page 23
Richard Bentley, Gateway for Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Bentley, Gateway for Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Design drawings.
Graphite drawings - British - 18th century.
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