Plan of the principal floor [graphic] ; Ground plan of the offices
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Description
- Title
- Plan of the principal floor [graphic] ; Ground plan of the offices
- Creator
- Barlow, Inigo, printmaker
- Contributor
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Essex, James, 1722-1784, architect.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England) - Published / Created
- [approximately 1784]
- Publication Place
- Strawberry-Hill
- Publisher
- Printed by Thomas Kirgate
- Abstract
-
Two floor plans, one for the principal floor and one for the ground floor, of the offices at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate in Twickenham. The top half of the plate shows the principal floor, which includes five bedchambers, a coachman's room, a granary, and a hayloft; the bottom half of the plate shows the ground floor, which includes a stable, laundry and wash-house rooms, a dairy, and several smaller rooms
- Description
-
Titles from text etched below each floor plan.
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 within plate mark.
Mounted on page 254 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 on laid paper ; sheet 13.6 x 20.7 cm and sheet 13.6 x 20.5 cm.
Imperfect; plate cut into two halves, with the bottom half (containing the image entitled "Ground plan of the offices") mounted above the top half (containing the image entitled "Plan of the principal floor").
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 29.7 x 22 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Floor plans
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1784 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
- Homes and haunts
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1784
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
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
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12823883
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729819
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