Cieling of the Holbein Chamber [art original]

Description

Title: Cieling of the Holbein Chamber [art original]
Alternative Title: Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Creator: Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
Published / Created: [1751]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design
Description: Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page.
Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Mounted on page 95 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 38 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink and gray wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Ceilings
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Ceilings
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: Jean-Henri Müntz, Cieling of the Holbein Chamber. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.