Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vyne [art original].

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Title: Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vyne [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1757?]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: An elevation drawing of 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 written in ink on the mount above the image.
Partial watermark centered in lower edge: GR.
See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 9, p. 216).
Formerly mounted in the lower 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 15.4 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: grey and brown wash with ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Vyne (Hampshire, England)
Subject (Topic): Columbaria
Subjects: Vyne (Hampshire, 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. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.