Slight sketches of architecture by John Chute, Esq., of the Vine in Hampshire,1753 [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Slight sketches of architecture by John Chute, Esq., of the Vine in Hampshire,1753 [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Original drawings and sketches
- Creator
- Chute, John, 1701-1776
- Contributor
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Andrews, James Pettit, 1737?-1797, artist.
Mazell, Peter, active 1761-1797, printmaker. - Published / Created
- [1753]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A collection of approximately 130 drawings and sketches by John Chute and one etching and engraving entitled Chaucer's Grove by P. Mazell (artist James Pettit Andrews) given to Horace Walpole, for his renovation of Strawberry Hill, bound in one volume and with an additional 23 loose leaves, including sketches for the Gallery, Round Tower, and one inspired by a doorcase in Dugdale's St. Paul's for the presses in the Library. Some of the drawings have been annotated by Walpole and/or Thomas Kirgate
- Description
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Title from ms. title page in Horace Walpole's hand.
Title from Hazen: Original drawings and sketches.
In English.
John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'Strawberry committee.'
Bound in original marbled boards.
Inscribed on front fly leaf: "Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 5, 1887."
On front pastedown, Carlingford's bookplate.
Marble boards with half-leather. Written in ink in unidentified hand on front cover: Strawberry Hill (drawings). Paper lable on spine: "33."
The 3 volumes consist of 1 album and 2 cases.
Original marbled boards. Second Strawberry Hill Sale fleuron used as bookplate. Press-mark K.13, but moved to the Closet. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; probably kept in the Glass Closet until 1790. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: 'Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 6, 1867.' Bookplate of Lord Carlingford, who married Lady Waldegrave in 1863. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill sale, day vii, lot 25, to H.G. Bohn, £2.17.6 [London, 1256]; offered in Balm's Catalogue for 1847 (Architecture), p. 223, for £5.5.0. Lord Waldegrave, 1948, in a collection to W.S. Lewis.
- Extent
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1 album (60 leaves) : 21 cm
23 drawings in 2 cases ; various sizes - Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3490
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Designs and plans
Architectural drawings
Ink drawings British 18th century
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Etchings England 1753
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- drawings in ink, graphite,1 etching in red ink ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain
Twickenham (London, England) - Subject (Name)
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Country homes
Buildings, structures, etc - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Country homes > Great Britain > Designs and plans
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
British > 18th century
England > 1753
18th century
Carlingford, Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron, 1823-1898 > Bookplate
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- John Chute, Slight Sketches of Architecture. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8785849
- Object ID (OID)
- 16034426
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