Strawberry-Hill [art original]

Description

Title: Strawberry-Hill [art original]
Alternative Title: Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill (entrance)
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [1781]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: View of the entrance to Strawberry Hill, with a man at the door which stands ajar
Description: Edward Edwards (1738-1806), British painter.
Title written on mount below image.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount.
Formerly mounted on page 23 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 19 x 14 cm, mounted to 23.1 x 18 cm, matted to 49 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors English 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: pen and ink and watercolor with wash-line mount ;, laid paper., and Image 7.5 x 5 6/16 in, mounted to 9 1/8 x 7 in.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Twickenham.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Houses
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Houses > England > Twickenham
British > 18th century
English > 18th century
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: Edward Edwards, Entrance of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.