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Strawberry Hill
Title
Strawberry Hill [art original] / E. Edwards 1783.
Production
[Twickenham?], [1783]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink and watercolor, with wash-line mount ; image 30.8 x 25.9 cm, mounted to 37.2 x 32 cm, matted to 62 x 49 cm
Medium
laid paper Image 12 1/8 x 10 3/16 in, mounted to 14 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.
Notes
Titled, dated, and signed on wash-line mount, bottom edge.
Formerly mounted on page 20 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.
Biographical / Historical Note
Edward Edwards (1738-1806), British painter.
Summary
View of Strawberry Hill (north front) as seen from the lane with fences on either side. A man with a scythe and a woman carrying a baby walk in the road in front of the estate, towards the viewer.
Variant and related titles
In-house title: Strawberry Hill, view from the northeast road
In-house title: Strawberry Hill, north front
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 20, 2008
References
Edward Edwards, Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Edward Edwards, Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
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Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Watercolors - English - 18th century.
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