Designs for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill [art original].
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Description
- 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
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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
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 47 Box 4
- Collection Title
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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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)
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Homes and haunts
Columbaria - Subjects
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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
Access And Usage Rights
- 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, Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13050395
- Object ID (OID)
- 16873180
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