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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., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
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., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
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 which I got Mr. Bentley to draw; I took the idea from Chichester cross -- It stands on a high bank in the menagerie, between a pond and a vale, totally bowered over with oaks."
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink in upper left corner. and Formerly mounted on leaf 45 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
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., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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., Date from Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 32 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
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 note at the bottom of the drawing, "... where the pricked line is: must be thrown a strong arch, to Support the Angle made betweem the two tow'rs."
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., Date based on creation date of Horace Walpole's album. One of two drawings for the farmhouse included in the album., Watermark: IV., and Formerly mounted on leaf 53 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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 and free, but the rest is heavy: Lord Strafford is not at all struck with it, and thinks it old-fashioned. It certainly tastes of Indigo Jones. Your myrtles I have seen in their pots, and they are magnificent, but I fear very sickly."
Description:
Title written in ink by Horace Walpole on mount below drawing., Partial watermark on the right edge, trimmed., and Formerly mounted on leaf 42 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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 in the center of a dome?
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso., Alternative title from note on mount in Horace Walpole's hand: Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden., Artist from Walpole's note., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 25 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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 in the center of a dome?
Alternative Title:
Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso., Alternative title from note on mount in Horace Walpole's hand: Frame for butterflies for Mr. Trevor Hampden., Artist from Walpole's note., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 25 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
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].

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