A design drawing for a seat in a garden with three Gothic arches and a banner at the base showing the location of a tree
Alternative Title:
Design of a Gothic seat for Mrs. Cavendish at Thistleworth by Mr. Bentley
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount. Harris notes that the house for which this drawing was done is not known., Added title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing: Design of a Gothic seat for Mrs. Cavendish at Thistleworth by Mr. Bentley., Signed in lower corner of banner with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 35 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].