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Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge
Title
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].
Production
[Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760]
Physical Description
ca. 75 drawings in 1 album : wash, pen and ink ; binding 39 cm
ca. 3 prints in 1 album : etchings
Notes
Title from special title page printed at Strawberry Hill Press, ca. 1760. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Strawberry Hill press, p. 255.
With notes by Horace Walpole and Richard Bentley on mounts and drawings.
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 (recently lost when rebacked). Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Summary
A collection of 75 drawings and designs for Strawberry Hill which document the growth of Strawberry Hill whilst Bentley was in favor with the owner Horace Walpole and part of the "Strawberry Committee" (ca. 1753-1761) along with John Chute. Drawings include: the first plans for the main library. Besides the designs for Strawberry Hill, there are plans for other buildings, views of Jersey, sketches for Gray's Poems, etc.
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Drawings and designs by Richard Bentley ...
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2009
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3585
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Architectural drawings.
Book illustrations.
Views.
Drawings (visual works)
Watercolors (visual works)
Etchings.
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