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View of Strawberry Hill
Title
View of Strawberry Hill [art original] / W. Watts del.
Published
[Twickenham?], [between 1779-1786?]
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor with pen and ink laid paper, wash-line mount ; image 13 x 18.3 cm, on sheet 14 x 18.8 cm, matted to 17.2 x 22 cm.
Notes
Title printed in ink on mount, below image.
Inscribed with the artist's name in lower right corner of mount: "W. Watts Del."
Possibly a drawing in preparation for Watts's work Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, which he drew as well as engraved, was published in twenty-one parts between 1779 and 1786?
Provenance
Sotheby's, 23-30 May 1881 (Richard Bull Sale), lot 167; Christie's, 15 April 1890 (Dr. John Percy Sale), lot 1335 to Dowdeswell, £2.14.0; Sotheby's, 6 May 1925, lot 212 to F.R. Meatsyard, London, £ 4.8.0. Sabin to W.S. Lewis; February, 1962, £75.
Summary
A view of the front of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill, as seen from the southeast corner of the property. Two ladies walking a dog stroll from the left towards the road.
Variant and related titles
In-house title: East view of Strawberry Hill
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 02, 2011
References
William Watts, View of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
William Watts, View of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
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Watercolors - British - 18th century.
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