The little Gothic castle at Strawberry-Hill, where the story was written [art original].

Creator:

Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist.

Copyright Date:

[not after 1806]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pen and ink and watercolor on laid paper ; image 6.9 x 3.9 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 15.6 cm

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/4083376

Notes:

Bound in opposite title page in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Date of production based on artist's death date.
Drawn in the center of a proof state of the engraved frontispiece to: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Formerly owned by Edward Astle [Astley?], F.T. [Turner?], and W. Henry Hyett, with their armorial bookplates in the volume. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Bernard Quaritch, July 1948.
Title from note in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to Edward Edwards from local catalog card.

Abstract:

View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, the white house seen at a distance through a break in the trees. A green lawn extends towards the viewer in the foreground; a blue sky is visible above.

Topics:

Dwellings.

Topics:

Astle, Edward--Ownership.
Hyett, William Henry--1795-1877--Ownership.
Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ms. notes.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Pictorial works.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Homes and haunts.

Language:

English

Genre:

Frontispieces.
Ink 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

Source Title:

Castle of Otranto.

Call Number:

24 17 791P Copy 9

Orbis Record:

13701318

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr35023

Citation:

Edward Edwards, The Little Gothic Castle at Strawberry-Hill, Where the Story Was Written. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16819449

PID:

digcoll:4776637