Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].

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Title: Urn erected in the garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792 [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Drawing of the monument to the memory of Kitty Clive that was erected by Horace Walpole at Little Strawberry Hill. The monument consists of an urn sitting upon a pedestal that bears the inscription: Ye smiles and jests still hover round; this is mirths consecrated ground; here lived the laughter loving dame, a matchless actress, Clive her name; the Comic Muse with her retired, and shed a tear when she expired. H.W.
Description: Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present.
Mounted on page 194 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 : image 21.5 x 14 cm, on sheet 23 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: brown ink and wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Art collections
Monuments & memorials
Urns
Subjects: Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Monuments & memorials
Urns
British > 18th century
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Citation: Urn Erected in the Garden at Cliveden near Twickenham, 1792. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.