Shrine in the Chapel [art original]

Description

Title: Shrine in the Chapel [art original]
Creator: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Contributor: Cavallini, Pietro, active 13th century-14th century, designer.
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of the shrine, designed by Pietro Cavallini, that was brought to the Chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns form the base of the shrine; four smaller columns, various panels of intricate decoration, and an ornate roof comprise the upper portion of the object. Sitting beneath the shrine is the cross, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that was bought by Horace Walpole at the sale of Richard Bateman in 1774
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Signed by the artist in lower left.
Date based on artist's death date.
Inlaid on page 82a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Provenance: Probably from Thomas Kirgate's library, with his (as well as Horace Walpole's) manuscript notes in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 12 June 1933 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 365, to Maggs. Sold by Maggs to W.S. Lewis, August 1933.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 25.7 x 19 cm, inlaid to 28.9 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title: Page 82a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]

Genre: Wash drawings British 19th century
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: pen and gray wash with watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Shrines
Crosses
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Shrines
Crosses
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > 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: Thomas Kirgate, Shrine in the Chapel. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.