Chimneypiece in the refectory or great parlor at Strawberry Hill [art original]

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Title: Chimneypiece in the refectory or great parlor at Strawberry Hill [art original]
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1754?]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: Design with measurements of the chimneypiece for the Great Parlor in Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on mount.
Date from Harris.
Formerly mounted on leaf 32 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 22.9 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: brown wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Chimneypieces
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Chimneypieces
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Chimneypiece in the Refectory or Great Parlor at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.