Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberryhill 1760 [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [1760]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : pen and ink on laid paper ; sheet 12 x 17 cm
- Notes:
- Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount.
Date and attribution based on publication: M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLX [1760].
Below the design a note in the artist's hand: The books to be letter'd. Phalaris! Free thinkers! Boyle, lectures! Horace [illegible] Terence! Milton! Manilius! Ep. Ad. Millium's sermons!
Portion of a watermark on lower left corner.
Formerly mounted at the lower half of leaf 13 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926. - Abstract:
- A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing a small statue on a pedestal surrounded by piles of books (one with a pen and ink well on top) and a heraldric shield with helmet mounted at top and a garland draped on either side and through the design; acanthus leaves on scroll at the base.
- Variant Titles:
- Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
- Topics:
- Lucan,--39-65.--Pharsalia--Illustrations.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ms. notes.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Allegorical drawings.
Book illustrations.
Ink drawings--British--18th century.
Vignettes.
Watermarks (Paper) - Format:
- Image
- 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
- Source Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Call Number:
- 49
3585
leaf 13b
Folio 49 3585 leaf 13b Box 1 - Orbis Record:
- 12977017
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr17032
- Citation:
- Richard Bentley, Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan Printed at Strawberry Hill 1760. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16193286
- PID:
- digcoll:4047169
