East front of Strawberry Hill [graphic].

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Description

Title
East front of Strawberry Hill [graphic].
Contributor
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[approximately 1784]
Publication Place
Strawberry-Hill
Publisher
Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker unidentified; after a drawing by Paul Sandby.
First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 17 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.7 x 33.7 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Extent
1 print : sheet 19.6 x 34 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Views
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1784
Engravings England London 1784
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
Subjects
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Estates
England > London > 1784
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13193584
Object ID (OID)
16729650

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