Plan and elevation of garden alcove and screen wall at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square
Drawing
late 18th century-first half of 19th century (made)
late 18th century-first half of 19th century (made)
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Almost nothing is known about Charles-Louis Clérisseau's English period (1771-c.1773); hence the importance of this Soane copy of a lost drawing. As a long-time collaborator of the Adam brothers, Clérisseau understandably might have contributed an ornamental screen wall to a London town house designed by them. Soane's connection with the events is less easy to pinpoint. As a young employee of Henry Holland after 1772 he certainly knew Robert Adam, whom he greatly admired. Perhaps because of this Soane accumulated a considerable amount of information on Lansdowne House, both in the forms of drawings and account books. Presumably Soane himself witnessed the collapse of the alcove, one of the few Clérisseau works ever executed. The mishap did not prejudice Soane against Clérisseau's artistic abilities and he avidly collected Clérisseau's gouaches to the extent that his Museum has the largest holdings of them outside Russia.
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Title | Plan and elevation of garden alcove and screen wall at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with grey wash over pencil |
Brief description | Plan and elevation of garden alcove and screen wall for Lansdowne house, Berkeley Square by Sir John Soane; design after Charles-Louis Clérisseau originally; pen and ink with grey wash over pencil; the Richardson Collection |
Physical description | Plan and elevation of a garden alcove and screen wall at Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London. |
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Production type | Copy |
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Object history | This object was once part of an album of designs by various architects, artists and designers collected by the architect Charles James Richardson, and was bought from him by the Museum in 1863. The alcove designed by Charles-Louis Clérisseau for Lansdowne House was one of his few works ever to be executed in England. It collapsed ca. 1776. |
Production | A copy of a lost drawing by Charles-Louis Clérisseau in the collection of Sir John Soane. |
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Summary | Almost nothing is known about Charles-Louis Clérisseau's English period (1771-c.1773); hence the importance of this Soane copy of a lost drawing. As a long-time collaborator of the Adam brothers, Clérisseau understandably might have contributed an ornamental screen wall to a London town house designed by them. Soane's connection with the events is less easy to pinpoint. As a young employee of Henry Holland after 1772 he certainly knew Robert Adam, whom he greatly admired. Perhaps because of this Soane accumulated a considerable amount of information on Lansdowne House, both in the forms of drawings and account books. Presumably Soane himself witnessed the collapse of the alcove, one of the few Clérisseau works ever executed. The mishap did not prejudice Soane against Clérisseau's artistic abilities and he avidly collected Clérisseau's gouaches to the extent that his Museum has the largest holdings of them outside Russia. |
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Accession number | 3436:186 |
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Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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