[Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [Two designs for a cabinet at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
- Creator
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created
- [1783]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right.
Date of production supplied by curator.
Formerly laid in 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
- 2 drawings : sheets 13.5 x 11 cm and 13.5 x 11 cm, mounted to 21 x 17 cm and 21 x 16 cm, matted together to 33 x 46 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
- Watercolors British 18th century
- Material
- watercolor with graphite pencil ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
- Homes and haunts
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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
- Edward Edwards, Two Designs for a Cabinet at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13258038
- Object ID (OID)
- 16850877