[Lantern at Strawberry Hill] [art original] / copied by T. Kirgate, from the design by Mr. Bentley.
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1797]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor on laid paper ; sheet 16.6 x 13 cm, mounted to 17.4 x 14 cm
- Notes:
- Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 25 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.
Statement of responsibility from pencil annotation, probably in Thomas Kirgate's hand, on mounting page below image.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Title from local catalog card. - Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the well of the staircase at Strawberry Hill.
- Topics:
- Lamps.
- Topics:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, designer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82220095
Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ms. notes.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002938
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- 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:
- 13194294
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16060
- Citation:
- Thomas Kirgate, Lantern at Strawberry Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16850840
- PID:
- digcoll:4830840
