Castle Howard, Yorkshire

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Artist/Maker	Vanbrugh (architect)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

The drawing has affinities with the perspective view published in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol III, 1725 but the forecourt is shown in this drawing as being much deeper and there are variations in the building itself.

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Categories	Designs Drawings
Object type	Design
Title	Castle Howard, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil, pen and ink and wash Pen and Ink Drawing
Brief description	Perspective view of Castle Howard by Sir John Vanbrugh; ca. 1699-1706.
Physical description	Perspective view of Castle Howard with its front and side courts as intended by Vanbrugh. On the back are the plans of the two principal floors of an unidentified small house.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Length: 39.4cm Taken from Lorimer C. and Newton, C. (ed.), The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, V & A, 1996, p. 12, cat. 1.
Production type	Unique
Object history	Possibly an early sketch for the lay-out.
Subjects depicted	Castle Plan
Place depicted	Castle Howard
Summary	The drawing has affinities with the perspective view published in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol III, 1725 but the forecourt is shown in this drawing as being much deeper and there are variations in the building itself.
Bibliographic references	Lorimer C. and Newton, C. (ed.), The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, V & A, 1996, p. 12, cat. 1. L. Whistler, `Unpublished drawings for Castle Howard', New English Review, July 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	D.93-1891

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Record created	March 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195664/castle-howard-yorkshire-design-vanbrugh/

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