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- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing of the ornate silver bell that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Made for a pope by Benvenuto Cellini, this bell is covered with images in relief of insects, snakes, and other animals. Images of the Virgin and boy-angels cover the top part of the bell; an image of a wreath of leaves runs along the bottom of the bell
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 189 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bells
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The silver bell, by Benvenuto Cellini size of the original. [art original]
