Watercolor drawing of Mont Orgeuil in Jersey, as viewed from the southwest across the water. The castle sits on the rocky coast at center, with mainland Jersey rising as a hill to the left. Two boats are seen in the foreground, the one on the left a small rowboat carrying two fishermen; three additional vessels sit in the water near the foot of the castle. Fair-weather clouds fill the sky
Alternative Title:
Mont Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersey
Description:
Titles written in English and French below image, in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist below image in lower left., and Mounted on page 115 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
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. and Formerly mounted on leaf 41 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Watercolor drawing of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, as viewed from the west across St. Aubin's Bay. Mainland Jersey is visible on the left; several sailboats surround the islet on which the castle sits, with men seen hoisting a sail on the boat in the right foreground. Gray clouds fill the sky
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 69 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
