Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberryhill [art original].

Description

Title: Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberryhill [art original].
Alternative Title: Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1758 or 1759?]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: A drawing of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex. With additions in pencil above and below. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at bottom of sheet.
Formerly mounted on leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Date from J. Harris.
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 : image 16.5 x 18.9 cm, on sheet 31.3 x 26.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink with grey and brown wash with pencil ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Screens
Subjects: Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Screens
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Richard Bentley, Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberryhill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.