East view of Strawberry-hill near Twickenham in Middlesex [art original]

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Title: East view of Strawberry-hill near Twickenham in Middlesex [art original]
Alternative Title: East view of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Published / Created: [1758]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Drawing of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham from the view in the southeast
Description: Title inscribed by artist below image; signed and dated by the artist lower right of image.
On verso in contemporary hand: Strawberry Hill en Middlesex maison de campagne de Mr. Horace Walpole. Added in pencil is a note (in French) giving biographical information on Walpole and noting that this drawing was likely to have been intended as a print, citing the presence of pinpricks that outline some of the buildings.
Johann Heinrich (or John Henry) Müntz (1727-1798), painter and architect, engaged by Walpole to paint at Strawberry Hill . He created a series of topographical drawings and copied old masters, but relations were broken off in late 1759 after a quarrel.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill Sale, 23 June 1842, London 1259, William Knightly Esq. Purchased by W.S. Lewis in a collection of drawings from Colnagi, July 1952.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 23.5 x 29.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: pen and ink, blue wash, with pencil ;, sheet 9.25 x 11 9/16 in., and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Houses
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Houses > England > Twickenham
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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Citation: Jean-Henri Müntz, East View of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.