Passage to the gallery and interior of the Holbein Room at Strawberry Hill [art original].

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Title: Passage to the gallery and interior of the Holbein Room at Strawberry Hill [art original].
Creator: Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1772]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
Description: Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner.
Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
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 watercolor : image 27.2 x 21.8, cm, on sheet 35.4 x 25.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with pen and ink ; and wove paper image 11.75 x 8 5/8, on sheet 14 x 10 1/8 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Galleries (Display spaces)
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Galleries (Display spaces)
British > 18th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
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: John Carter, Passage to the Gallery and Interior of the Holbein Room at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.