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Perspective of the hall & staircase at Strawberry Hill by Richd. Bentley
Title
Perspective of the hall & staircase at Strawberry Hill by Richd. Bentley [art original].
Production
[Strawberry Hill], [1754?]
Physical Description
2 drawings on 1 sheet : pen and ink and watercolor, graphite sketch ; sheet 22.7 x 17.7 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso.
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount between two drawings on the same subject: Staircase at Strawberryhill.
Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26.
Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 30 with another sketch of the staircase in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Exhibited: "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill," at The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, October 2009 - January 2010.
Exhibited: "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill," at The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, March - June 2010.
Exhibited: "Rescuing Horace Walpole: The Achievement of W.S. Lewis" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, September 2019 - January 2020.
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 proposed by Bentley whilst a member of the "Strawberry Committee" along with John Chute and Horace Walpole, of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of a reclining figure.
Variant and related titles
Perspective of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill
Title from mount: Staircase at Strawberryhill
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 16, 2008
References
Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26
Richard Bentley, Perspective of the Hall & Staircase at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Bentley, Perspective of the Hall & Staircase at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
Graphite drawings - British - 18th century.
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