[Gothic lantern] [realia].
- Creator:
- Hallett, William, 1707-1781.
- Copyright Date:
- [approximately 1755]
- Physical Description:
- 1 item : mixed materials ; height 109.2 x width 35.6 x depth 36.2 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by curator.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A curious gothic lanthorn, fitted with very fine ancient stained glass.
Made for Horace Walpole by William Hallett, 1755, £2.14.0 (Accounts); 1842, Strawberry Hill Sale, day 17, lot 112, bt John Dent, Esq. £5.15.6; 1935, July, John Dent Brocklehurst, to W. S. Lewis, £5; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. - Abstract:
- A gothic lantern using colored, stained, and enamaled glass using15th and 16th century glass, set in an iron, lead, and painted tin frame. Designed by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole. Formerly located in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill.
- Variant Titles:
- Gothic lanthorn
- Topics:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, designer.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, designer.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- No linguistic content; Not applicable
- Genre:
- Furniture.
Hall lanterns. - Format:
- Physical Object
- Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
- 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:
- sh-000012
- Orbis Record:
- 14034001
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr36965
- OID:
- 16721018
- PID:
- digcoll:4695273
