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1.
[Doorway with landscape mural in the transom] [art original].

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1797?]
Call Number:
SH Contents Un58 no. 9 Box 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a doorway with a landscape painting in the transom. The walls on either side are decorated with vines with leaves and red blossoms
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Doorway with landscape mural in the transom] [art original].

2.
The priory of St. Hubert, a farm belonging to the Countess of Suffolk at Marble-Hill near

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1750?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 51r Box 4
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design for St. Hubert's Priory, a perspective with part plan showing piers of the tower. The steeple has been drawn on a separate piece of paper and mounted to the sheet with the main building, cut to line up with the roof line
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing.
Subject (Name):
Marble Hill House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Convents
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The priory of St. Hubert, a farm belonging to the Countess of Suffolk at Marble-Hill near Twickenham [art original].

3.
The cohüe or town house at St. Helier in Jersey designed by Richd. Bentley 1755 [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1756]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 41 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unexecuted design for the town hall in Jersey, with scale. Bentley lived in Jersey between the years 1752 and 1756. On the verso, a small calculation in ink
Description:
Title written in ink by Horace Walpole below design.
Subject (Geographic):
Jersey.
Subject (Topic):
City & town halls
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cohüe or town house at St. Helier in Jersey designed by Richd. Bentley 1755 [art original].

4.
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].

5.
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].

6.
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].

7.
[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 port...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
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]

8.
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].

9.
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]

10.
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].