North east view of the above [Cliveden] [art original].

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Title: North east view of the above [Cliveden] [art original].
Alternative Title: Northeast view of the above
Creator: Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
Published / Created: [1792?]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill as viewed from the northeast. The house at center is mostly obscured by trees, with a lawn extending from the front of the house to the left. Caged hedges with hedge arches border a path on the near side of the lawn, and two women walk on the path towards the house. A man pushing a wheelbarrow stands in the right foreground, and next to him sits a girl with a basket of flowers
Description: Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; "the above" in title refers to the drawing entited Cliveden near Strawberry-Hill ..., which is mounted above this drawing on the same page.
Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card.
Date based on that of the drawing mounted above this drawing on the same page.
Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 29.2 x 32 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Estates
Subjects: Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785 > Homes and haunts
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852 > Homes and haunts
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852 > Homes and haunts
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Estates
British > 18th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Joseph Charles Barrow, North East View of the Above [Cliveden]. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.