[Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

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Title: [Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
Published / Created: 1754.
Publication Place: London?
Abstract: Horace Walpole's sketches for the design of the ceiling in his library at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
A drawing in Horace Walpole's hand, with the date 1754 integrated in the design and sent with a letter dated 17 March 1754 to Bentley from his home in London on Arlington Street. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 171.
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts.
Provenance: Purchased from Christie's, 15 December 1947 (Waller Sale), lot 47 to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.2 x 11.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings British 18th century
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink with pencil ;, laid paper., and sheet 7 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Houses
Estates
Libraries (Rooms)
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Houses > England > Twickenham
Estates
Libraries (Rooms)
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Horace Walpole, Designs for the Ceiling in the Library at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.