View of the vestibule, with the armory, going into the library at Strawberry Hill [art original]

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Title: View of the vestibule, with the armory, going into the library at Strawberry Hill [art original]
Alternative Title: Staircase at Strawberryhill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1753]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: A drawing of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title, artist, and date inscribed on verso.
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount: Staircase at Strawberryhill.
Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 30 with another view of the staircase 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: 1 drawing : image and sheet 9.5 x 6.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Designs and plans
Material: pen and brown ink on card ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Design drawings
Stairways
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Pictorial works
Design drawings
Stairways > Designs and plans
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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: Richard Bentley, View of the vestibule, With the Armory, Going into the Library at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.