[Donkey with rider on vaulted bridge] [art original]

Description

Title: [Donkey with rider on vaulted bridge] [art original]
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A view of a bridge over a river with falls, a rugged terrain with a fallen tree lower left. A man rides his donkey over the bridge
Description: Title devised by curator.
Date based on creation date of album.
Formerly mounted on leaf 2 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.7 x 22.9 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Landscapes
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: brown pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bridges
Donkeys
Subjects: Bridges
Donkeys
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > 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: Richard Bentley, Sketch for the Tailpiece of the Long Story. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.