Front, back and side of the model of the tomb of Sr. Thomas Becket in enamel, size of the original. [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Front, back and side of the model of the tomb of Sr. Thomas Becket in enamel, size of the original. [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
- Description
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Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right.
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 177 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
- 3 drawings : sheet 19.8 x 18 cm, sheet 19.7 x 18 cm, and sheet 17.7 x 10 cm
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- pen and ink and watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Models - Subjects
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Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Models
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, Front, Back and Side of the Model of the Tomb of Sr. Thomas Becket. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13551771
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729765
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