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Cieling of the Holbein Chamber
Title
Cieling of the Holbein Chamber [art original] / by Mr. Muntz, 1751.
Production
[Twickenham], [1751]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink and gray wash ; sheet 38 x 33 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page.
Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Mounted on page 95 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
Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design.
Variant and related titles
Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 20, 2017
References
Jean-Henri Müntz, Cieling of the Holbein Chamber. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Jean-Henri Müntz, Cieling of the Holbein Chamber. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
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