Physical description
Plan of the ground to the north of Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
[design] Plan of the ground to the north of Castle Howard.
[design] A sheet inscribed with explanatory notes and attached to a sheet depicting a plan of the ground to the north of Castle Howard.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
ca. 1706 (designed)
ca. 1706
ca. 1705
Artist/maker
Vanbrugh, John (Sir), born 1664 - died 1726 (possibly by assistants, architect)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, pen and ink
Marks and inscriptions
The Plan of Hindeskelfe Castle and Wary Wood
[design] The Plan of Hindeskelfe Castle and Wary Wood
[design]
Dimensions
Height: 56.5 cm, Length: 121.9 cm
[design] Height: 56.5 cm, Length: 121.9 cm
Object history note
The plan is roughly drawn and was probably made during the building of the house, before 1706, when the west bow window (not shown here) was built. See L. Whistler (1954).
Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's on 23 May 195, lot 19.15 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V.& A.
[design] The plan is roughly drawn and was probably made during the building of the house, before 1706, when the west bow window (not shown here) was built. See L. Whistler (1954).
Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's on 23 May 1951, lot 19.15 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Descriptive line
Plan of the ground to the north of Castle Howard and explanatory notes on an attached sheet; Sir John Vanbrugh or assistants; ca. 1705.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Lorimer, C. and Newton, C., The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, V & A, 1996, p. 14, cat. 9.
L. Whistler, The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, 1954, p. 74 and Fig 18.
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, London: V & A, 1996, p. 14, cat. 9.
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, London: V & A, 1996, p. 14, cat. 9.
Whistler, L., The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, 1954, p. 74 and Fig. 18.
Subjects depicted
Plan; Yorkshire; Castle Howard
Categories
Drawings; Designs; Printed pages & sheets
Production Type
Unique
[design] Unique
Collection code
PDP
