A drawing proposed by Bentley whilst a member of the "Strawberry Committee" along with John Chute and Horace Walpole, of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of a reclining figure
Alternative Title:
Perspective of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill and Staircase at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount between two drawings on the same subject: Staircase at Strawberryhill., Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 30 with another sketch of the staircase in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Staircase at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title, artist, and date inscribed on verso., Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount: Staircase at Strawberryhill., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 30 with another view of the staircase in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title devised by curator. and Formerly mounted on leaf 15 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Design drawing in ink showing two views of a pupit -- face on and overhead -- with dimensions. A clergyman has been sketched in pencil, standing in the pulpit and preaching, his arms thrown out wide
Description:
Title devised by curator. and For further information, consult library staff.
