East front of Strawberry Hill [graphic].

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Title: East front of Strawberry Hill [graphic].
Contributor: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist.
G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: [1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G.G. and J. Robinson
Abstract: "View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guiding a horse which draws a roller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker unidentified; after a drawing by Paul Sandby.
Later state of the plate, with volume and page numbering added in upper right corner. Plate originally engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
Plate from: The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G and J. Robinson, 1798, v. 2.
Numbered in the upper right: Vol. II. Pl. II. P. 512.
Single crease through the center of the image.
Provenance: Gift of John W. McConnell; Jan. 1969.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.6 cm x 33.7 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 41.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
England > London > 1798
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

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