South view of the Castle of Otranto with the Acroceraunian Mountains of Epirus in the distance [art original] : copied from a drawing made in March 1785 by Mr. Reveley, given to Mr. Walpole by Lady Craven.

Copyright Date:

[not after 1806]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pencil and watercolor on wove paper ; image 8.9 x 16 cm, on sheet 9.4 x 16 cm, mounted to 11 x 17 cm

Notes:

Another version of this drawing, presumably by John Carter, was also owned by Richard Bull. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 11.
Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned the volume in which this drawing is mounted.
Formerly owned by Richard Bull, with his armorial bookplate and note of authorship in volume. Later owned by Julia Swinburne. Bought by W.S. Lewis from Scribner's, December 1937.
Mounted before title page in Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. London : Printed for Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXV [1765].
Title from contemporary note in ink on strip of paper pasted on facing page of volume.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.

Abstract:

View of the real-life Castle of Otranto in Italy. The gray structure is seen in the middle distance beyond a low stone wall, one branch of which extends towards the viewer in the right foreground. Blue-tinted mountains are visible in the far distance on either side of the castle. A green lawn occupies the rest of the foreground; a blue sky completes the top half of the image.

Topics:

Castles & palaces--Italy--Otranto.

Topics:

Otranto (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Topics:

Bull, Richard,--1725-1806--Ownership.
Reveley, Willey, -1799, artist.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002938
Swinburne, Julia--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Pencil works--British--18th century.
Views.
Watercolors--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

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:

Castle of Otranto.

Call Number:

24 17 765 Copy 2

Orbis Record:

13695559

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36688

Citation:

South View of the Castle of Otranto with the Acroceraunian Mountains of Epirus in the Distance. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16704384

PID:

digcoll:4679366