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1. [Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 38 Box 3
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill with extensive notes on the design and dimensions. The sketch includes a figure (Horace Walpole probably) reaching for a book on a shelf in the center alcove. The drawing was later part of the portfolio entitled by Horace Walpole Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date from Harris., Extensive notes, including price estimates, by Bentley surrounding drawing and signed by Bentley with his monogram., and Formerly mounted on leaf 38 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Private libraries and Libraries (Rooms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Alternative design for the library at Strawberry Hill] [art original]
