View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill [art original]

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Title: View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill [art original]
Alternative Title: View of Mr. Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry Hill
Creator: Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772, artist
Published / Created: 1758.
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: A view taken from the Thames River looking upstream towards Teddington includes a view of Radnor House on the right. A lady and gentleman walk along the path across the grounds leading to the waterfront and the ramp for boat launchings. On the left of the property along the river's edge is a Chinese summer house and in the distance is Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill. A barge pulling a skiff approaches from the left in foreground
Description: Title, artist name, and date from ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso.
Horace Walpole's note on verso: View of Mr Hindley's, formerly Lord Radnors' at, Twickenham, with a prospect of Strawberry-hill, by Mr Scott, 1758.
Also dated and signed in image, lower right: "1758 S. Scott 1758".
Provenance: London Sale, lot number 1259, Christies, 12 Dec. 1919 (property of Col. C.F. Fellows), lot II. Victor Rienaecker, Oxford, to W.S. Lewis, September 1932, for £63. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 31.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 34.3 x 61.26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Landscapes (Representations)
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: Ink and wash, watercolor laid paper ;
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Thames River (England)
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Hindley, John Atherton
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Radnor House (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
Barges
Summer houses
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Hindley, John Atherton > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Radnor House (London, England)
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Thames River (England)
Estates
Barges
Summer houses
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

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Citation: Samuel Scott, View of Mr. Hindley's, Formerly Lord Radnor's, at Twickenham, with a Prospect of Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.