The priory of St. Hubert, a farm belonging to the Countess of Suffolk at Marble-Hill near Twickenham [art original].

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Title: The priory of St. Hubert, a farm belonging to the Countess of Suffolk at Marble-Hill near Twickenham [art original].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1750?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A design for St. Hubert's Priory, a perspective with part plan showing piers of the tower. The steeple has been drawn on a separate piece of paper and mounted to the sheet with the main building, cut to line up with the roof line
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing.
Date from J. Harris.
With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink below title: N.B. This was built, but pulled down after her death.
With a watermark (partial) in center of sheet.
Formerly mounted on leaf 51 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 on 2 sheets : irregular sheet 33 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: brown and grey wash with pen and ink and pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Marble Hill House (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Convents
Subjects: Marble Hill House (London, England)
Convents
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, The Priory of St. Hubert, a Farm Belonging to the Countess of Suffolk at Marble-Hill near Twickenham. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.