Design of a Gothic lanthorn at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].

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Title: Design of a Gothic lanthorn at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].
Alternative Title: Lanthorn at Strawberryhill
Lanthorn at Strawberry Hill
Lantern at Strawberry Hill
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1753]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: A drawing of the Gothic lantern that hung in the hallway at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing.
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount: Lanthorn at Strawberryhill.
Date based on Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montagu 11 June 1753 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 3, p. 164).
Formerly mounted on leaf 31 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 16.5 x 12.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Lanterns
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Lanterns
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Design of a Gothic Lanthorn at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.