Inside of the oratory at the entrance of Strawberry-Hill [art original]

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Title: Inside of the oratory at the entrance of Strawberry-Hill [art original]
Creator: Chute, John, 1701-1776, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1776]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Three arched windows at slight angles to other another are depicted, the middle window enclosed with iron rails
Description: Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Date of production based on John Chute's death date.
Mounted on page 22 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 : image 5.5 x 8.2 cm, on sheet 9.8 x 13.9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Pencil works
Ink drawings
Material: pen and ink and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Oratories
Interiors
Windows
Subjects: Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Oratories > England > Twickenham
Interiors
Windows
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > 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 Chute, Inside of the Oratory at the Entrance of Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.