Approach to Strawberry-Hill [art original].

Description

Title: Approach to Strawberry-Hill [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible through a gap in the trees. In the foreground stands the obelisk on a knoll, behind and to the right of which is the cottage with sheep in front. At left, cows graze on the lawn in front of the villa, and behind them a man and a woman walk on a path towards the house. On the far right another man walks along the road
Description: Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 10 (formerly I) 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 22.3 x 32 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Estates
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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: Approach to Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.