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Sketch of the idea of one side of the chancel where the head was formerly placd
Title
Sketch of the idea of one side of the chancel where the head was formerly placd [art original].
Production
[England], [not after 1797]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink and watercolor ; image 12.8 x 11 cm, on sheet 13.6 x 11 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from note in black ink at bottom of sheet.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Annotation in center of image in black ink: Head of King Henry the Third. About forty years ago the chancel of Barnwell Church (near Barnwell Castle two miles from Oundle) was repaired[?] and the head taken down by the carpenter employ'd, in whose hands it remaind. & his sons thirty years - who gave it to a carpenter of Peterborough where is remain'd till it came into the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough. N.B. King Henry endow'd Barnwell Church.
Mounted on page 73 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Summary
Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of the wall and a decorated rectangular structure is to the left of the arch.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 07, 2017
References
Sketch of the Idea of One Side of the Chancel Where the Head was Formerly Placd. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sketch of the Idea of One Side of the Chancel Where the Head was Formerly Placd. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
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