Cieling of the Holbein Chamber [art original] / by Mr. Muntz, 1751.

Creator:

Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist.

Copyright Date:

[1751]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pen and ink and gray wash on laid paper ; sheet 38 x 33 cm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr16224 http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr16225 http:/images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/groups.asp?relid=lwlpr16000

Notes:

Mounted on page 95 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.
Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page.

Abstract:

Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design.

Variant Titles:

Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber

Topics:

Architectural decorations & ornaments.
Ceilings.

Topics:

Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ms. notes.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Pictorial works.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Homes and haunts.

Language:

English

Genre:

Ink drawings--British--18th century.
Wash drawings--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

13208707

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr16225

Citation:

Jean-Henri Müntz, Cieling of the Holbein Chamber. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16193093

PID:

digcoll:4047016