Elevation of a Cottage for the Honorable Horace Walpole, near Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in below image., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam Architect 1766., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: (London Sale, Lot 1248): Ditto [drawings] Views of Strawberry Hill and of the Villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham, by J. Barrow, 1789, and 4 designs for a Cottage, etc. at Strawberry Hill, by Robert Adams, architect, 1767, etc."
Inscriptions: Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in below image., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam archt.1768., and Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Title devised by curator., Inscriptions: Scale drawn in below image., Artist's name, possibly in his hand, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam Archtitect 1767., Inscription on verso, unidentified hand: H Walpole Esq., Two ownership stamps in red, one on recto and the other on the verso: Initials "A.C." in a rectangle., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
