Elevation drawing of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, with the suit of armor of Francis II in niche at the top
Alternative Title:
Elevation of the hall with Francis II armor
Description:
Title and tentative date supplied by curator., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and George Perfect Harding (1780-1853), British miniature painter.
Title devised by cataloger., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 52 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 121.8. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Chute from local card catalog record., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on separate sheets, mounted together one above the other., Annotations accompany the vignettes in the drawings, with "circular room 12 feet high" written in pencil across top of uppermost drawing. Also in the upper drawing, "eight stools" is written in ink next to a circular design, and the notes "fret work inside of roof" and "low head boards pierced ..." are written next to two small depictions of a chimneypiece. In the lower drawing, the notes "flat & square" and "balustrade 2 f. 1/2 high" are written next to a patterned design., Several additional sketches of architectural details, in pen and ink and pencil, are present on the verso of the sheet mounted at top., and Mounted on page 121.8 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On recto a drawing for a window in gray and brown wash. On verso, a small pencil sketch of a detail (2 x 3.5 cm).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Notation below image in Horace Walpole's hand: Four feet., Watermark (partial) lower edge, on the right (trimmed): D&C [Blauw]., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 52 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing showing the side elevation for Sir Thomas Seabright's farmhouse Beechwood in Herfordshire which was never executed according to Horace Walpole's note on the other drawing included in the album for this project
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) of a farmhouse for Sir Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertforshire
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date based on creation date of Horace Walpole's album. One of two drawings for the farmhouse included in the album., Watermark (partial) left edge, in the middle of the sheet: top of crest., and Formerly mounted on leaf 54 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Structural drawing of the church and chancel at Croome, in black in with scale and some additions in purple ink. Square section in upper left corner cut out
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Inscribed at top of page: "Section of [the] Church and Chancel for Ld. Coventry at Croome, Worchestershire."
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan for the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: GR with crown., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan of the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with two small sketches of details also in ink but with some additions in graphite
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur de lis., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A preliminary drawing showing the elevation of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with brattishing over the door added in pencil. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Formerly mounted on the verso of leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date from J. Harris.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a plan for one pier for the Great Cloister at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with extensive notes on the design and measurements. An incomplete pencil sketch on verso. Harris notes: "It is difficult to relate this drawing to the Great Cloister. It may be for Bateman's cloister at Old Windsor."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Part of a watermark at top of sheet, centered., One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760]., and Harris dates these drawings tentatively between 1757-1760.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing by Bentley of a diamond-shaped heraldic design for Strawberry Hill with mythical beast set within a Gothic arch
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on album in which this drawing was mounted., and Formerly mounted on leaf 7 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
One of a series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; this drawing with scale and images of statuary and vases
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink in lower right: N.B. There is an error in this drawing. The radius of the bow, wanting near a foot. The Ichnog will correct it., With watermark along lower edge of paper, trimmed: D and C Blauw., and Formerly mounted on leaf 49 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Designs for a classical temple with a part plan and elevation on recto and on the verso, a cross section or half elevation and part section
Description:
Title and date from Harris., Signed by the artist on recto, lower left below image., Watermark centered on lower edge., and Formerly mounted on leaf 28 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Designs for a classical temple with a part plan and elevation on recto and on the verso, a cross section or half elevation and part section
Description:
Title and date from Harris., Signed by the artist on recto, lower left below image., Watermark centered on lower edge., and Formerly mounted on leaf 28 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Possibly a design for a new home for His Royal Highness the Duke to replace his Great Lodge in Windsor Great Park. See J. Harris
Description:
Title devised by curator., Watermark in center of sheet: IV., Signed in lower right with Bentley's monogram: RB., and Formerly mounted on leaf 20 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with a scale of a room, 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 chapel was constructed ...
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis., and Formerly mounted on leaf 17 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Drawing of a Chinese tea-house in ink with another smaller sketch in pencil on right side of sheet. 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 chapel was constructed ...
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley desig., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 19 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
Drawing of a Gothic entrance of three bays, with a rose window above the center bay, with numbers below pillars. On verso, light pencil sketch of a building?
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower right below image: Rd. Bentley. Also signed with Bentley's monogram in lower left corner of image: RB., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 16 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
