Westover Lodge, A Hunting Box Belonging to Leonard Troughear Holmes, Esquire
This view of a country house built by Leonard Troughear Holmes for hunting on the Isle of Wight, was created to illustrate Sir Richard Worsley's "The History of the Isle of Wight," London, 1781.
Artwork Details
- Title: Westover Lodge, A Hunting Box Belonging to Leonard Troughear Holmes, Esquire
- Engraver: Richard Bernard Godfrey (British, ca. 1728–1795 after)
- Artist: After George Buteel Fisher (British, 1764–1834)
- Subject: Relates to Leonard Troughear Holmes (British, 1731–1804)
- Date: 1781
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 15 11/16 in. (25.7 × 39.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 62.600.433
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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