Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury, whole-length, turned and looking to right, standing in bishop's robes and carrying a mitre in his right hand and an open book in his left. He stands in front of a landscape with trees and path leading into distance; a house is visible in the backround on the right
Alternative Title:
John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
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 226 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):
Kemp, John, approximately 1380-1454, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)