[Elevation of a round temple with Pantheon roof] [art original]

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Title: [Elevation of a round temple with Pantheon roof] [art original]
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [between 1758 and 1760?]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: Designs for a classical temple with a part plan and elevation on recto and on the verso, a cross section or half elevation and part section
Description: Title and date from Harris.
Signed by the artist on recto, lower left below image.
Watermark centered on lower edge.
Formerly mounted on leaf 28 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 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 on 1 sheet : sheet 16.8 x 18.6 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Design drawings
Watermarks (Paper)
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and brown ink with pencil on thin laid paper ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Temples
Subjects: Temples
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Elevation of a Round Temple with Pantheon Roof. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.