From Strawberry Hill, the tower [art original].

Description

Title: From Strawberry Hill, the tower [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of part of the wall decoration, possibly a frieze or wallpaper, of the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. An image of a cherub placing a vase upon a pedestal is present within an oval at the bottom of the design
Description: Title from note on verso in an unidentified hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Formerly laid in at page 103 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 22 x 5 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: ink and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Friezes (Ornamental bands)
Wallpapers
Putti
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Friezes (Ornamental bands)
Wallpapers
Putti
British > 18th century
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: From Strawberry Hill, the Tower. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.