[Curfeu or couvre-feu in the Library] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Curfeu or couvre-feu in the Library] [art original].
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Pair of wash drawings of the curfew, or couvre-feu, from Mr. Gostling's collection that was kept by Horace Walpole in the fireplace of the Library at Strawberry Hill. The drawing on the left shows the object with the opening facing towards the viewer; the drawing on the right shows the opening turned to the right, allowing some of the decoration on the side to be seen
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card.
Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen.
Mounted together on page 98 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.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- 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. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, August 1937.
- Extent
- 2 drawings : sheet 7 x 10 cm and sheet 6.8 x 10 cm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Wash drawings British 18th century
Ink drawings British 18th century - Material
- gray wash with pen and ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- John Carter, Curfeu or Couvre-Feu in the Library. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13481932
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729698
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