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1.
[Fallen tree] [art original]

Creator:
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1751-1812, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 55 Box 5
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ink drawing depicting part of a fallen tree in the foreground on the left; a castle sits atop a hill in the background on the right
Description:
Title from local catalog card.
Subject (Topic):
Trees and Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Fallen tree] [art original]

2.
View from the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill [art original]

Creator:
Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
Published / Created:
[1792]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, out to the grounds. Through a grove of shade, the viewer sees in the far distance the town of Richmond as well as boats on the Thames. A path over the bridge leads from the river...
Description:
Joseph Charles Barrow (flourished 1789-1802), English artist.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Estates
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > View from the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill [art original]

3.
[Scritti di varie cose antiche].

Creator:
Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700
Published / Created:
[169-?]
Call Number:
49 2371
Image Count:
349
Abstract:
A sketchbook of drawings of antiquities, with brief notations about the objects depicted, in multiple hands. Horace Walpole describes the volume in his 1774 Description of Strawberry Hill as "a book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiqui...
Alternative Title:
Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, etc. from Greek and Roman antiquities and Book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities
Description:
Pietro Santi Bartoli, Italian painter, etcher and engraver, active in Rome.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Greek, Art, Roman, Classical antiquities in art, Antiquities, Roman, Greek, Bas-reliefs, Coins, Medals, and Vases
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Scritti di varie cose antiche].

4.
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].

5.
Design for a seat at Strawberry Hill [art original]

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1754]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 33 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two perspectives of the shell seat at Strawberry Hill: in the center a view from the front with a tree behind and to the right probably a view from the side, now torn. The seat stood at the end of a winding walk, on what was then called Wood Walk
Description:
Title inscribed by the artist in ink below design.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Seating furniture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Design for a seat at Strawberry Hill [art original]

6.
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

7.
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberryhill 1760 [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 13a Box 1
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing the head of Medusa with swords and spears entertwined, cross-crossed between the snakes that make up her hair. Above her head is a helmet with plumes. On the four corners of t...
Alternative Title:
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount.
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Medusa (Greek mythology)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberryhill 1760 [art original].

8.
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberryhill 1760 [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 13b Box 1
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing a small statue on a pedestal surrounded by piles of books (one with a pen and ink well on top) and a heraldric shield with helmet mounted at top and a garland draped on either...
Alternative Title:
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount.
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberryhill 1760 [art original].

9.
Front to the flower-garden, of the Chinese building, for Mr. Fox at Holland-House [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 23a Box 2
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On recto: One of three designs by Bentley for a Chinese buidling. This sketch shows the garden in front the proposed Chinese building. In the end of the designs were executed. On verso: a small pen sketch of a roof line
Description:
Title inscribed below design.
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pagodas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Front to the flower-garden, of the Chinese building, for Mr. Fox at Holland-House [art original].

10.
Gothic chairs at Strawberry Hill taken from painted glass, these by Mr. Bentley [art original].

Creator:
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3585 leaf 43 Box 3
Collection Title:
Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two chairs drawn from images in the stained glass at Strawberry Hill, with a note in the lower right corner in ink: "The height of the seat will determine the scale." Additional details and notes in pencil throughout
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink in upper right corner above drawings.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gothic chairs at Strawberry Hill taken from painted glass, these by Mr. Bentley [art original].

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