Designs for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill [art original].

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Title: Designs for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [1757]
Publication Place: Strawberry Hill
Abstract: On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes in ink. On the verso, a crude pencil sketch
Description: Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount below drawing
Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill."
Formerly mounted on leaf 47 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 33.9 x 23.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Floor plans
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pen and wash with graphite and graphite drawing ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Columbaria
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Columbaria
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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Citation: Richard Bentley, Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.