Strawberry-hill (1774) [ Places / Objects / People ]
… George Augustus Selwyn stands on the other fide, with a book in his hand. On one side of this picture, a head of sir Horace Mann, resident at Florence; painted there by Astley, and highly coloured : he is drest in red velvet. Opposite to … vase, between two white old china beakers. The chairs are black, of a gothic pattern, designed by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole. The table of Sicilian jasper, on a black frame designed by Mr. Bentley: upon it, a large punch-bowl and pail of … is looking over him; George Augustus Selwyn stands on the other fide, with a book in his hand." … Aesthetics … Gothic … Horace Walpole, A Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole earl of Orford, at …
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