View of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate from the northeast with the villa in the distance on the left, the obelisk in the center, and a cottage, on the right. On the hill below the obelisk, one man lies face down while the second figure is seated facing the viewer. In the foreground on the left, two men approach, the older man on horseback, a younger man, with a bag thrown over his shoulder and carrying a sword, walks behind, as they exchange words
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attributed to James Malton. Date based on artisti return to England in 1791., After Joseph Charles Barrow's 1789 drawing "View of Strawberry Hill from the road?, and James Malton (1761-1803), British watercolorist, engraver, and draftsman.
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. A man in the road, leaning on the walking stick in his left hand appears to gesture with his right hand over at the turret of the villa beyond the brick wall which surrounds the estate
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed with his name and dated by the artist in design, lower right., and Joseph Charles Barrow (fl. 1789-1802), English artist.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
