View of Richmond Hill with some imaginary buildings [art original]
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Description
- Title
- View of Richmond Hill with some imaginary buildings [art original]
- Alternative Title
- View of Richmond Hill from Twickenham
- Creator
- Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
- Published / Created
- [1758]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
A view of the Thames River with Richmond Hill in the distance. In the right foreground, a row boat pulls away from shore with a rower and his female passenger. A party of two women and a man are left on shore; behind them a man and woman talk over the fence that separates a grove of trees from the shoreline. Further down the river a boat sails away from the viewer
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image in Horace Walpole's hand.
Strasburg lily watermark.
On verso, in Thomas Kirgate's hand: "H. Walpole". Also with a pressmark[?]: E895. - Provenance
- Parson's to W.S. Lewis, Nov.1929 with nos 106, 107 and 109, and a Muntz of Hampton Court, £69. Ex dono Annie Burr Lewis, 14 November 1929.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 28 x 41 cm, sheet 32.8 x 46.6 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Views M92 no. 4+ Box 205
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Landscape drawings
Views
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- watercolor outlined in black ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Thames River (England) - Subjects
-
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Thames River (England)
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
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.
- Citation
- Jean-Henri Müntz, View of Richmond Hill with Some Imaginary Buildings. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9668976
- Object ID (OID)
- 11134556