[A very ancient chair of oak] see p. 176, lot 75 / [art original]

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Title: [A very ancient chair of oak] see p. 176, lot 75 / [art original]
Creator: Bell, E., artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1842]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Depiction of the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that was sold at auction in 1842
Description: Title supplied by curator.
Page reference, lot number, and statement of responsibility written in ink below image. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record.
Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, in which this drawing is found as an illustration.
Drawn in the right margin of page 393 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Pickering & Chatto, March 1951.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 48 x 40 mm, on sheet 26 x 21 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 485 842 C76 V Copy 7
Collection Title: Page 393. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842]

Access: Public
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Citation: E. Bell, A Very Ancient Chair of Oak. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.