[Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, close-up] [art original]

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Title: [Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, close-up] [art original]
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [between 1758 and 1760?]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill?
Abstract: Drawing of a Chinese tea-house in ink with another smaller sketch in pencil on right side of sheet. Possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
Description: Title devised by curator.
Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley desig.
Date based on creation date of album.
Formerly mounted on leaf 19 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 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 23.8 x 35 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Design drawings
Proposed works
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: Indian ink with pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Teahouses
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Teahouses
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Elevation of a Chinese Tea-House, Close-up. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.