A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames [art original]
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Description
- Title
- A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames [art original]
- Creator
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created
- [1751]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawing of the view from Richmond Hill, with the Thames in the distance surrounded by fields and rows of trees. Two boats are on the river; people and horses are visible in the fields. On the road in the foreground are several men on horseback, a strolling man and woman with a dog running behind them, a milkmaid accompanied by a boy, and a coach driving to the right. A vast sky is above
- Description
-
Title written in brown ink below image.
Signed and dated by the artist below image, in lower left.
Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) 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 23.3 x 39.2 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 41.3 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Views
Landscape prints
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- gray wash ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Thames River (England), - Subject (Topic)
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Rivers
Sailboats
Carriages & coaches
Pedestrians
Horseback riding - Subjects
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Richmond upon Thames (London, England) > Pictorial works
Thames River (England)
Rivers
Sailboats
Carriages & coaches
Pedestrians
Horseback riding
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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
- Augustin Heckel, A View from Richmond Hill up the River Thames. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13258128
- Object ID (OID)
- 16850871