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1.
A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 22 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
Alternative Title:
Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
Description:
Title inscribed below design.
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pagodas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]

2.
A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 22 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
Alternative Title:
Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
Description:
Title inscribed below design.
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pagodas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A triangular Chinese house design'd for the Rt. Honble. Henry Fox at Holland House [art original]

3.
Building in Lord Strafford's menagerie at Wentwork Castle Yorkshire by Mr. Bentley 1756 [art

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1756]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 45 Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design for a Gothic building Lord Strafford's castle Wentworth in Yorkshire, with scale and measurements and notes on the design. In a letter dated 1 September 1760 Walpole wrote to Montagu: " Lord Strafford has erected the little Gothic building whic...
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink in upper left corner.
Subject (Name):
Wentworth Castle (England)
Subject (Topic):
Architectural follies and Zoos
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Building in Lord Strafford's menagerie at Wentwork Castle Yorkshire by Mr. Bentley 1756 [art original].

4.
Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 27a Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of an Gothic chimneypiece with mantel. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of chimneypiece with elevation noted
Alternative Title:
Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pair of stairs at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title inscribed above design.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].

5.
Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 27a Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of an Gothic chimneypiece with mantel. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of chimneypiece with elevation noted
Alternative Title:
Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pair of stairs at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title inscribed above design.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the blue-bedroom one pr of stairs at Strawberry Hill [art original].

6.
Chimneypiece in the refectory or great parlor at Strawberry Hill [art original]

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1754?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 32 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design with measurements of the chimneypiece for the Great Parlor in Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on mount.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Chimneypiece in the refectory or great parlor at Strawberry Hill [art original]

7.
Design (not executed) of a farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire [art

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 53 Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing showing the plan and elevation for Sir Thomas Seabright's farmhouse Beechwood in Herfordshire which was never executed according to Horace Walpole's note. Includes notes on heights and floorplan with rooms indicated in the artist's hand and ...
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) of a farmhouse for Sir Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertforshire
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink written on mount below drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
Hertfordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Seabright, Thomas Saunders, -1761.
Subject (Topic):
Estates and Farmhouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design (not executed) of a farm-house for Sr. Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertfordshire [art original].

8.
Design for a chimney in the style of architecture in the reign of James the First [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1755]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 42 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unexecuted design for chimney-piece for Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, with scale and measurements and notes on the design. In a letter dated 27 March 1755 Walpole wrote to Bentley, "Your chimney is come, but not to honour: The caryatides are fine an...
Description:
Title written in ink by Horace Walpole on mount below drawing.
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for a chimney in the style of architecture in the reign of James the First [art original].

9.
Design for a frame for butterflies by Mr. Bentley [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 25 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of an elaborately decorated frame with scrolls and vines. Centered at the base is a butterfly with spread wings and centered at the top, a nude figure holding an umbrella. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of clouds seen through an oculus ...
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso.
Subject (Name):
Hampden-Trevor, Robert, 1706-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Butterflies and Picture frames
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for a frame for butterflies by Mr. Bentley [art original].

10.
Design for a frame for butterflies by Mr. Bentley [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 25 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of an elaborately decorated frame with scrolls and vines. Centered at the base is a butterfly with spread wings and centered at the top, a nude figure holding an umbrella. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of clouds seen through an oculus ...
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso.
Subject (Name):
Hampden-Trevor, Robert, 1706-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Butterflies and Picture frames
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for a frame for butterflies by Mr. Bentley [art original].

11.
Design for the end of the library at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1753]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 37b Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Proposed design for the library at Strawberry Hill. The drawing was later mounted in Horace Walpole's portfolio of Bentley's drawings
Alternative Title:
First designs for the library at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso with notes about elevations and dimensions in Horace Walpole's hand in ink. Title on mount also in Walpole's hand.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for the end of the library at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].

12.
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 36 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design of the library Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing six Gothic bays of shelving with quatrefoil designs above and a door on the right; statues and busts above the bays. Walpole has made notes on the verso of the drawin...
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the verso of the drawing.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for the library at Strawberry Hill [art original].

13.
Design for the library at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1753 or 1754]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 37a Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Proposed design for the library at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham
Description:
Titles on verso and mount in Horace Walpole's hand in ink.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for the library at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley [art original].

14.
Design of a fictitious steeple for Nich. Hardinge Esq. of Kingston [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1753]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 40 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the recto, a drawing showing a Gothic steeple with a clock on a section of tile roof. On the verso, a small pencil sketch of a detail of a clock?
Alternative Title:
Design for Nich. Hardinge Esq. by R. Bentley 1753
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on mount below drawing.
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches and Steeples
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design of a fictitious steeple for Nich. Hardinge Esq. of Kingston [art original].

15.
Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawb. Hill [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 48 Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing placement at the "door to parlour", "door to garden", and door to China room", "door to hall", and "door to hall" as well as the "ch...
Alternative Title:
Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand at lower edge of drawing.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Columbaria
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawb. Hill [art original].

16.
Designs for the Gallery round tower, & chapel [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 57v Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of the floor plan design for the gallery round tower in Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil additions and a note "a window to the dome".
Alternative Title:
Designs for the Gallery round tower, and chapel and Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Galleries (Display spaces)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Designs for the Gallery round tower, & chapel [art original].

17.
Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, with notes

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1758 and 1760?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 18 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with scale of a room and extensive notes, possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chap...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Teahouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Elevation of a Chinese tea-house, with notes

18.
Entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill N.B. There is a rose window added under the battlemen[t

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1758]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 29 Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing showing the view of the entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill, home of Horace Walpole, with detailed notes and measurements by the artist. The doorway is flanked by two windows and a large window above
Description:
Title at top of drawing, from a ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink over graphite. Damage with loss of text in upper right corner.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill N.B. There is a rose window added under the battlemen[t]. [art original]

19.
First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1758 and 1760?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 58 Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760].
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chapels and Floor plans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must have been too large or too small [art original].

20.
First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1758 and 1760?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 58 Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760].
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chapels and Floor plans
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > First idea for the Chapel Tribune at Strawberry Hill but rejected tho beautifull, because it must have been too large or too small [art original].