From the library window at Strawberry Hill 1783 [art original].

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Title: From the library window at Strawberry Hill 1783 [art original].
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [1783]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
Description: Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?
On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters."
Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Provenance: This drawing is possibly one of a collection dispersed at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, viii, 154. Chewton Collection of Lord Waldegrave, to W.S. Lewis, 1948.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.2 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
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Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor and ink ; and wove paper 7 1/8 x 7.25 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Estates
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Estates
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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: Edward Edwards, From the Library Window at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.