[South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].

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Title: [South front of Strawberry Hill] [art original].
Contributor: Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, associated name.
Published / Created: [not before 1769]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs across the lawn, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified. Another watercolor of the same view has been attributed to Moses Griffith; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views G853 no. 1.
Probably after a 1769 drawing by Paul Sandby; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2.
Formerly mounted to another backing, now removed, leaving only traces of manuscript note on verso: South vie[w] ... the Hon. [H?] ...
Mounted after page xxxii (leaf numbered '33' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Temporary local subject terms: Domestic architecture.
Provenance: Sold at Christie's, 20 October 1953, lot 285 of Derby sale, to W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 13.6 x 18.8 cm, inlaid to 27 x 38 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.1
Collection Title: Volume 1, after page xxxii. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Collection / Other Creator: Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
Collection Date: London : Published by W.H. Carpenter, Lower Brook Street, and Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1820.

Genre: Views
Watercolors
Material: watercolor with pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic): Buildings, structures, etc
Homes and haunts
Estates
Subjects: Twickenham (London, England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Homes and haunts
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Estates

Access: Public
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Citation: South Front of Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.