[Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [drawing]. 1754.

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[Designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill] [drawing]. 1754.

Horace Walpole's designs for the ceiling in the library at Strawberry Hill, sent with his letter of March 17/18 1754. See reference in Toynbee's Letters of Horace Walpole, v. iii, p. 222.

1 drawing on laid paper ; sheet 18.2 x 11.2 cm.

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