Sketch of the gallery at Strawberryhill [art original].

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Title: Sketch of the gallery at Strawberryhill [art original].
Alternative Title: Sketch of the gallery at Strawberry Hill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1759]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: Design for the gallery at Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. The design was not executed
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on mount.
Date from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.
Formerly mounted on leaf 56 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 : visible image 16.8 x 13.3 cm, on mount 23.2 x 17.4 cm
Language: English

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

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Sketch of the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.