A pencil sketch of the southeast corner of Strawberry Hill, the home of Horace Walpole, shown with a tree along side the villa and a view of the grove of trees beyond
Description:
Title devised by curator., John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'committee of taste.', Drawn on the verso of the back free endpaper in Horace Walpole's copy of Batty and Thomas Langley's Ancient architecture restored and improved by a great variety of grand an dusefull designs (London, 1742)., and Original vellum. With Horace Walpole's bookplate. Press-mark E.3.15. Bookplate (19th century) of John Heugh. Pencil sketch by Chute of a proposed design for the south-east corner of Strawberry Hill, on fly-leaf at end.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
