The crucifix under the shrine in the Chapel made of box inlaid with gold and mother of pearl. [art original]

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Title: The crucifix under the shrine in the Chapel made of box inlaid with gold and mother of pearl. [art original]
Creator: Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1790]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Abstract: Drawing of the ornate cross that sat beneath the shrine in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This piece was bought by Horace Walpole at the sale of Richard Bateman in 1774
Description: Title written in ink below image.
Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card.
A scale bar in inches runs along the bottom of the image.
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 on page 231 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: 1 drawing : sheet 39.9 x 31 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: pen and ink and watercolor with gray wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Crosses
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Crosses
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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, The Crucifix Under the Shrine in the Chapel. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.