[East front of Strawberry Hill] [art original]

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Title: [East front of Strawberry Hill] [art original]
Creator: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1769?]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Watercolor of the view from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Another larger drawing of this view: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 769.00.0077dr++.
Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill" that appeared in the 1784 edition of: A description of the villa of Horace Walpole.
Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from H. Stuart Beazley, June 1960.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 136 x 190 mm
Language: English

Genre: Landscape drawings
Views
Watercolors (visual works)
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: watercolor with outlining in black ink ;, laid paper., and 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Twickenham.
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Estates
Buildings, structures, etc
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Estates > England > Twickenham
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Paul Sandby, East Front of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.