[West front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].

Description

Title: [West front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Creator: Pars, William, 1742-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1772?]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: A view of the west front of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill, as seen from across the road. On the left a man on horseback rides away from the viewer. In the distance a man walks away from the door in the wall around the villa. The foreground on the right is cast in shadow
Description: Title devised by curator.
Attributed to William Pars.
One of two similar watercolors by Pars in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Provenance: Geoffry Madan, London, to W.S. Lewis, October 1932, £25.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 30.7 x 43.1 cm, sheet 38.4 x 50.9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor mounted on a secondary modern paper mount ; 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): 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
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: William Pars, West Front of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.