Chimney piece in China Closet [art original]

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Title: Chimney piece in China Closet [art original]
Creator: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
Published / Created: [1781]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Drawing of the chimney-piece and associated items in the China Closet at Strawberry Hill. In the niche above the chimney are the faience ewer, the green glass tumblers, and the glass salt cellars that were kept there; over the niche can be seen additional cups of faience and the bronze medallion. The arms of Talbot, Bridges, Sackville, and Walpole adorn the lower part of the chimney, and a jar of blue and white china sits inside of it. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
Description: Title written on mount below image.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount.
Mounted on page 29 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 12.5 x 9.5 cm, mounted to 16.6 x 13.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: pen and ink and watercolor, with wash-line mount ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Chimneypieces
Subjects: Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chimneypieces
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Edward Edwards, Chimney Piece in China Closet. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.