Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vine [sic]. East end [art original].

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Title: Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vine [sic]. East end [art original].
Alternative Title: Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vyne
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1757?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: An elevation drawing of the east end for a Gothic columbarium for renovations to John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf --"Elevation of the entrance end"-- and dated by Walpole on verso 1750
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on the mount below the image. "East end" written in ink in the center, lower edge of drawing, in the artist's hand.
See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 9, page 216).
Formerly mounted in the upper half of leaf 46 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: 1 drawing : sheet 15.2 x 18.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Vyne, The (England)
Subject (Topic): Columbaria
Subjects: Vyne, The (England)
Columbaria
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Design (Not Executed) of a Gothic Columbarium at the Vyne. East End. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.