[Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].

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Title: [Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].
Creator: Bawtree, William, 1744-1824, artist
Contributor: Harding, G. P. 1780-1853, artist, attributed name.
Published / Created: [not after 1824]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Wash drawing depicting the antique marble vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The vase has on its side an image of three figures, full length; on the pedestal is an inscription in Greek and an image of a wreath with a ribbon
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; formerly cited with a questionable attributed to George Perfect Harding. Now attributed to Bawtree by Michael Snodin.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 194 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Provenance: Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver. Purchased from Spencer, June 1951, £100; ex dono Annie Burr Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 15.7 x 9 cm
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Genre: Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Vases
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Vases
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Marble Vase on Pedestal With Greek Inscription. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.