Watercolor of Strawberry Hill with a partial view of the lawns as well as the temporary wooden structure erected by the Strawberry Hill auctioneer, George Henry Robins (1778-1847) for the 1842 sale of contents of the villa
Description:
Unknown artist, amateur.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Middlesex.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1778-1847. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another ...
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink on verso of the drawing in contemporary hand; also numbered "No. 115" and dated "1781" in same hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
"View of the gothic style house with castellated towers, pikelets and a spire with weathervane at back, seen from lawns in the foreground with two figures, thin trees surrounding the building and a bench in the garden at right."--British Museum online...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Octr. 1, 1788, by Harrison and Co., No. 18, Paternoster-Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
"View of the gothic style house with castellated towers, pikelets and a spire with weathervane at back, seen from lawns in the foreground with two figures, thin trees surrounding the building and a bench in the garden at right."--British Museum online...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Octr. 1, 1788, by Harrison and Co., No. 18, Paternoster-Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
