Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].

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Title: Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].
Alternative Title: Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pair of stairs at Strawberry Hill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: A drawing of an Gothic chimneypiece with mantel. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of chimneypiece with elevation noted
Description: Title inscribed above design.
Artist and date based on creation date of album.
Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: 2 drawings on 1 sheet : sheet 15.5 x 11.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Wash drawings
Pencil works
Material: pencil and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Chimneypieces
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chimneypieces
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Chimney in the Blue-Bedroom One Pair of Stairs at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.