Chimney piece of the Holbein Chamber [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Chimney piece of the Holbein Chamber [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Chimneypiece of the Holbein Chamber
- Creator
- Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728- printmaker
- Contributor
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Bentley, R. 1708-1782, designer.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England) - Published / Created
- [approximately 1784]
- Publication Place
- Strawberry-Hill
- Publisher
- Printed by Thomas Kirgate
- Abstract
-
Depiction of the chimneypiece, built from a design by Richard Bentley chiefly taken from the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury, that was commissioned by Horace Walpole for the Holbein Chamber of Strawberry Hill
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
Mounted on page 95 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.
1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 20.9 x 14 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 20.8 x 14 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 22 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Book illustrations
Etchings England 1784 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
-
Homes and haunts
Chimneypieces - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chimneypieces
England > 1784
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12767890
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193094