Front to the flower-garden, of the Chinese building, for Mr. Fox at Holland-House [art original].

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Title: Front to the flower-garden, of the Chinese building, for Mr. Fox at Holland-House [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: On recto: One of three designs by Bentley for a Chinese buidling. This sketch shows the garden in front the proposed Chinese building. In the end of the designs were executed. On verso: a small pen sketch of a roof line
Description: Title inscribed below design.
Date based on creation date of album.
Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 23 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: 2 drawings : irregular sheet 12 x 17 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Proposed works
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and grey wash ; 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, Front to the Flower-Garden, of the Chinese Building, for Mr. Fox at Holland-House. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.