[Design for a three bay Gothic house] [art original].

Description

Title: [Design for a three bay Gothic house] [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing showing the elevation of a three-bay, Gothic-style house with a porch, battlement-style parapet, and two-bay arched windows in roof. On verso a square in ink with small extension of the lines in pencil
Description: Title devised by curator.
Watermark in center of sheet: IV.
One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Date based on creation date of album.
Provenance: Probably Strawberry Hill sale, 1842, lot 1259, 10th day. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Seymour de Ricci in Paris in May or June of 1926.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 25.0 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and ink with gray wash and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dwellings
Subjects: Dwellings
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Design for a Three Bay Gothic House. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.