A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]

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Title: A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]
Alternative Title: Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
Description: Title inscribed below design.
Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB.
Date based on creation date of album.
Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown.
Formerly mounted on leaf 22 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 and image 25.0 x 32 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Proposed works
Watermarks (Paper)
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: grey wash with pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
Subject (Topic): Pagodas
Subjects: Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Pagodas
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, A Triangular Chinese House Design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.