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First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must have been too large or too small
Title
First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must have been too large or too small [art original].
Production
[Strawberry Hill], [between 1758 and 1760?]
Physical Description
2 drawings on 1 sheet : pen and ink, brown wash, pencil ; sheet 23 x 37.8 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760].
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.
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.
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
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2008
References
Richard Bentley, First Idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Bentley, First Idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Design drawings.
Graphite drawings - British - 18th century.
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
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