View of Strawberry Hill from the road [art original]
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Description
- Title
- View of Strawberry Hill from the road [art original]
- Alternative Title
- View of Strawberry Hill with obelisk
- Creator
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created
- [1789]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visibly through a gap in the trees. In the center foreground stands an obelisk on a knoll, two men lying on the grass -- one reading and the other resting. From the left foreground a gentleman on horseback turns to speak to a man with a pack on his back. Another man with a walking stick walks on the road leading to the villa
- Description
-
Title, artist name, and date inscribed on verso of drawing by Horace Walpole.
Added title supplied by respository.
Signed by the artist in the lower right corner of the image: "'J.C. Barrow, 1789." - Provenance
- London Sale 1248, bought by William Knight, £1.9.0. Daniel Far, New York, to W.S. Lewis; December 1932, $200.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 24.5 x 36.5 cm, on sheet 33.5 x 45.9 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Views B278 no. 2+ Box 200
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Watercolors British 18th century
- Material
- watercolor framed with gray and black wash and black ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name)
-
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Estates - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > 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
- Jospeh Charles Barrow, View of Strawberry Hill from the Road. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 9684361
- Object ID (OID)
- 11134558
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