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., Signed by the artist in ink lower right., Watermark (partial) centered in lower edge., Date based on a 1754 note of payment in Walpole's Accounts to William Robinson for making the shell seat., and Formerly mounted on leaf 33 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Wash drawing of the shell seat, which was completed in 1754, located on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title in pencil by unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
