[Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].

Description

Title: [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso.
Formerly laid in at page 97 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.6 x 35 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and brown ink and wash over graphite pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Containers
Vases
Urns
Mantels
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Containers
Vases
Urns
Mantels
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Urns, Jugs and Vases. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.