Little Strawberry Hill [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Little Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Little Marble Hill
- Creator
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created
- [1789]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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A view of Little Strawberry Hill, home of Lady Diana Beauclerk, looking from the north(?) across the lawns, the house is shown in the shadows on the right while in the distance on the left is the Thames River. On the left in the foreground a gentleman walks on the stile to cross the fence near a large tree on the other side of which begins a stone wall along the bottom of the property
- Description
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Title inscribed in right corner within the French mount.
Inscribed in lower right corner of image with the artist's name and date.
Alternative title devised by curator.
Printed label pasted on verso: "Strawberry Hill by J.C. Barrow, comissioned by Horace Walpole, signed J.C. Barrow, 1789." A line has been drawn through the words "Strawberry Hill".
Probably a preliminary sketch for a drawing that was used in Horace Walpole extra-illustrated copy of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 49 2522).
Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Possibly part of the collection of drawings described as no. 3678 by A.T. Hazen in Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library and dispersed at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii, lot 154.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Parson's Jan. 1932, at the sale of the collection of Lady Agnew.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 24.2 x 36.8 cm, sheet 31.8 x 43.9 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3678.40+ (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Views
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- watercolor ; and laid paper, watercolor with wash-lined mount, image 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches, sheet 12 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
- Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
- Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Dwellings - Subjects
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Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808 > Homes and haunts
Dwellings > England > London
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > 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
- 9728318
- Object ID (OID)
- 11019101
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