From the inside of the great church at St. Albans [art original] / by Mr. Müntz, 1759.

Creator:

Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist.

Copyright Date:

[1759]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pen and ink, gray wash and watercolor on laid paper ; image 39.4 x 26.6 cm, on sheet 46.3 x 28.8 cm

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Notes:

Horace Walpole used the door depicted in this drawing as a model for the doors in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 104 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.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.

Abstract:

Drawing of an inside wall of St. Albans Cathedral that includes a detailed depiction of an arched double door and the outline of a window above it. A horizontal row of trefoils separates the door from the window; an alcove with an empty pedestal is seen on either side of the door. The ornate doors are decorated with Gothic tracery. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the image.

Topics:

Architectural decorations & ornaments.
Doors & doorways.

Topics:

Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
St. Albans Cathedral--Pictorial works.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ms. notes.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

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

13211856

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr16264

Citation:

Jean-Henri Müntz, From the Inside of the Great Church at St. Albans. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16193124

PID:

digcoll:4047023