Sir Horrise Walpoles gothick lamp [art original].

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Title: Sir Horrise Walpoles gothick lamp [art original].
Alternative Title: Sir Horace Walpole's gothic lamp
Contributor: Bentley, R. 1708-1782, designer.
Published / Created: [not before 1756]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing the gothic lantern that eventually hung "in the well of the staircase" according Horace Walpole's account in his 1774 Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole. Date of creation based on the appearance of the gothic lantern, as originally designed by Richard Bentley ca. 1755 before Walpole added colored and stained glass to the lower panes
Description: Title from item.
Unsigned and undated drawing.
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Provenance: Gift of Honorable J. William Middendorf II; January 2007.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 17.7 x 20.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Graphite drawings British 18th century
Design drawings
Material: pencil ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic): Art collections
Lamps
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Lamps
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Sir Horrise Walpoles Gothick Lamp. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.