Gothic chimney piece at Strawberry Hill [art original]

Description

Title: Gothic chimney piece at Strawberry Hill [art original]
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 small pencil sketch of a portion of a chimneypiece
Description: Title inscribed below design in unidentified hand.
Signed by the artist with his monogram in lower right corner of sheet: RB.
Date based on creation date of album.
Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 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 19.2 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil and wash drawing, pencil sketch ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Chimneypieces
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Chimneypieces
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Gothic Chimney Piece at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.