Gateway designed for Dr. Trevor, Bishop of Durham [art original].

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Title: Gateway designed for Dr. Trevor, Bishop of Durham [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1760?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: An unexecuted design for the palace of Richard Trevor (1707-1771), Bishop of Durham from 1752. Horace Walpole commented about the construction project on 19 October 1760, "St. Durham told my Lord Manchester, who is just come from Auckland, that he had laid out sixteen hundred pounds there, and has now a hundred men at work a day." The gateway that was finally built for the Bishop was designed by Sir Thomas Robinson. See J. Harris
Description: Title inscribed by artist at bottom of sheet.
Watermark in center of sheet.
Formerly mounted on leaf 21 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 29.8 x 18.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Proposed works
Wash drawings
Watermarks (Paper)
Pencil works
Material: wash and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Trevor, Richard, 1707-1771.
Subject (Topic): Castles & palaces
Subjects: Trevor, Richard, 1707-1771
Castles & palaces
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Gateway Designed for Dr. Trevor Bishop of Durham. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.