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Governor Pitt's house a [sic] Twickenham
Title
Governor Pitt's house a [sic] Twickenham [art original] / AH [monogram] 1748.
Production
[Twickenham], [1748]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and ink, gray wash, and graphite ; sheet 24 x 38.4 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title written in ink at bottom of sheet.
Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748.
Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill Sale 1842, London sale, lot 1247 brought by William Knight, £3.3.0. Colnaghi to W.S. Lewis; July, 1952. £95.
Summary
A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats.
Variant and related titles
Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2011
References
Gascoigne, B. Images of Twickenham. Richmond-upon-Thames : Saint Helena Press, 1981, 243
Augustin Heckel, Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham, with a view of a town [Richmond?] in the distance. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Augustin Heckel, Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham, with a view of a town [Richmond?] in the distance. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Watermarks (Paper)
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
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