A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
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16850872
Description
- Title
- A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
- Creator
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1751]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
- Description
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Title written in brown ink below image.
Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left.
Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames.
Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) 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.
- Extent
- 1 drawing on 2 sheets : image 23 x 43 cm, on sheets 25.9 x 46 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Views
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- gray wash ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
- Subject (Name)
- Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
- Subject (Topic)
- Homes and haunts
- Subjects
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Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770 > Homes and haunts
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) > Pictorial works
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Augustin Heckel, A Prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's Walk on the River of Thames. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13266723
- Object ID (OID)
- 16850872
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