Design (not executed) of a farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire [art original].

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Title: Design (not executed) of a farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire [art original].
Alternative Title: Design (not executed) of a farmhouse for Sir Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertforshire
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1760]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A drawing showing the plan and elevation for Sir Thomas Seabright's farmhouse Beechwood in Herfordshire which was never executed according to Horace Walpole's note. Includes notes on heights and floorplan with rooms indicated in the artist's hand and note at the bottom of the drawing, "... where the pricked line is: must be thrown a strong arch, to Support the Angle made betweem the two tow'rs."
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink written on mount below drawing.
Date based on creation date of Horace Walpole's album. One of two drawings for the farmhouse included in the album.
Watermark: IV.
Formerly mounted on leaf 53 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 38.5 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Design drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: brown wash and brown pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Hertfordshire (England)
Subject (Name): Seabright, Thomas Saunders, -1761.
Subject (Topic): Estates
Farmhouses
Subjects: Seabright, Thomas Saunders, -1761
Hertfordshire (England)
Estates
Farmhouses
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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Citation: Richard Bentley, Design (Not Executed) of a Farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.