View from the terrace at Strawberry Hill [art original]
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Description
- Title
- View from the terrace at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created
- [1783]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Drawing of part of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, as viewed from the terrace of the villa. A row of trees dominates the scene, their dense foliage occupying the upper half of the image; small houses and a team of horses are visible in the distance between the trunks. A woman and girl walk beneath the trees near the center of the image; a man with a sickle stands under the tree on the far right
- Description
-
Title from note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount.
Mounted on page 179 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 24.6 x 36 cm, mounted to 30.5 x 42 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Views
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- pen and ink and watercolor with wash-line mount ; and wove 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
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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, View from the Terrace at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13247545
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193256