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

Description

Title: [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Creator: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist
Contributor: Wybrow and Barnard, Frame Makers and Gilders.
Published / Created: [1769]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Watercolor of the view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the Thames River and the lawns
Description: Title devised by curator.
Companion drawing to his: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 1.
Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving for A description of the villa of Horace Walpole (1784) entitled: South front of Strawberry Hill.
Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Arthur U. Newton Galleries, January 1962.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 39 x 76.1 cm, on sheet 45.7 x 82.9 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Pictorial works
Watercolors British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: watercolor with French mount outlined in ochre and ruled in red and black ink and gray wash ; and laid paper image 15 5/16 x 29 11/16 in., on sheet 18 x 32 1/8 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Thames River (England)
England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Houses
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Thames River (England) > Pictorial works
Houses > England > Twickenham
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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