House near Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, whither Milton retired during the plague [art original]

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Title: House near Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, whither Milton retired during the plague [art original]
Alternative Title: Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Creator: Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
Published / Created: [1789]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand.
Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith [London, 1268]. Lord Waldegrave, July 1948, to W.S. Lewis, in a collection.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 11.9 x 17.0 cm, mounted on page 41 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [ca. 1757]

Genre: Views
Watercolors
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name): Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674 > Homes and haunts
Chalfont St. Giles (England) > Buildings, structures, etc
Dwellings
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Vertue, George, 1684-1756 > Ownership

Access: Public
Citation: Joseph Charles Barrow, House near Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, whither Milton retired during the plague. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.