An elevation drawing of the east end for a Gothic columarium for renovations to John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf --"Elevation of the entrance end"-- and dated by Walpole on verso 1750 [i.e. 1756?].
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) for the antichapel at the Vyne in Hampshire, Design (not executed) for the antichapel at the Vine in Hampshire, Another side for the antichapel at the Vine [sic], and Another side for the antichapel at the Vyne
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount., Added title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing: Another side for the antichapel at the Vine., See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 9, p. 216)., and Formerly mounted at the top of leaf 34 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
