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View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill
Title
View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill [art original] / by Mr. Scott, 1758.
Published
[Twickenham], 1758.
Physical Description
1 drawing : Ink and wash, watercolor laid paper ; sheet 34.3 x 61.26 cm
Notes
Title, artist name, and date from ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso.
Horace Walpole's note on verso: View of Mr Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnors' at, Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill, by Mr Scott, 1758.
Also dated and signed in image, lower right: "1758 S. Scott 1758".
Exhibited: "Prospects: English Watercolour Landscape Painting," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 19 October 1950 - 19 November 1950.
Provenance
London Sale, lot number 1259, Christies, 12 Dec. 1919 (property of Col. C.F. Fellows), lot II. Victor Rienaecker, Oxford, to W.S. Lewis, September 1932, for £63.
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 31.
Summary
A view taken from the Thames River looking upstream towards Teddington includes a view of Radnor House on the right. A lady and gentleman walk along the path across the grounds leading to the waterfront and the ramp for boat launchings. On the left of the property along the river's edge is a Chinese summer house and in the distance is Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill. A barge pulling a skiff approaches from the left in foreground.
Variant and related titles
View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry Hill
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2011
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3575
Samuel Scott, View of Mr. Hindley's, Formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a Prospect of Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Samuel Scott, View of Mr. Hindley's, Formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a Prospect of Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Landscapes (Representations)
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
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