The shell seat at Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill [art original].

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Title: The shell seat at Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill [art original].
Published / Created: [ca. 1822]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Wash drawing of the shell seat, which was completed in 1754, located on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex
Description: Title in pencil by unknown hand at bottom of sheet.
From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822.
Unknown artist.
Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
For further information, consult library staff.
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 : image 245 x 181 mm, on sheet 303 x 238 mm
Language: English

Genre: Art collections
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: gray wash and watercolor ; and wove paper image 9 10/16 x 7 1/8, on sheet 11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Seating furniture
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Seating furniture
British > 19th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Shell Seat at Horace Walpole's Villa at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.