[Stained glass panel with Walpole coat of arms] [realia].

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Description

Title
[Stained glass panel with Walpole coat of arms] [realia].
Alternative Title
Painted glass with Walpole arms
English stained glass panel depicting the Walpole coat-of-arms
Creator
Peckitt, William, 1731-1795, artist
Contributor
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, designer.
Bentley, R. 1708-1782, designer.
Published / Created
[1762]
Publication Place
England
Description
The portion of the stained glass that was formerly at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, embellished by a variety of old mosaic glass. Formerly located in the Gallery of Strawberry Hill. The areas of glass which today appear clear had been painted in Walpole's time with blue enamel, probably once with blue florets. Remnants of the enamel can be seen in several sections, notably along the bottom edge. This piece was placed in the window opposite the chimneypiece -- from "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill."
Title devised by curator.
Text from the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 64 [Gallery]. In the windows, painted by Peckitt, are all the quarterings of the familyic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The beautiful old stained glass at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes all the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, very rich in colour, and embellished by a variety of fine old mosaic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high.
Also available as a digital reproduction.
Provenance
Horace Walpole commissioned from Peckitt, £30.0.0; 1842, Strawberry Hill Sale, day 24, lot 45, bt. Town and Emanuel, £30.0.0; W.J. Webb, Twickenham. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from W.J. Webb, Twickenham through Swift, a London dealer, November 1931, £3.10.0.
Extent
1 item : 32.5 x 25 cm
Language
No linguistic content

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
sh-000329 Object Room

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Architecture and room element
Stained-glass windows
Material
mixed materials ; and coloured, stained, and enamelled glass, lead.
Resource Type
three-dimensional form
Subject (Name)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
14034083
Object ID (OID)
16721027

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