Design for a chimney in the style of architecture in the reign of James the First [art original].

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Title: Design for a chimney in the style of architecture in the reign of James the First [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1755]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Unexecuted design for chimney-piece for Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, with scale and measurements and notes on the design. In a letter dated 27 March 1755 Walpole wrote to Bentley, "Your chimney is come, but not to honour: The caryatides are fine and free, but the rest is heavy: Lord Strafford is not at all struck with it, and thinks it old-fashioned. It certainly tastes of Indigo Jones. Your myrtles I have seen in their pots, and they are magnificent, but I fear very sickly."
Description: Title written in ink by Horace Walpole on mount below drawing.
Partial watermark on the right edge, trimmed.
Formerly mounted on leaf 42 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 : sheet 26.8 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and wash with graphite ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Chimneypieces
Subjects: Chimneypieces
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Design for a Chimney in the Style of Architecture in the Reign of James the First. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.