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Plan, section and elevation of the Brewhouse at Castle Howard, Yorkshire

Architectural Design
ca. 1699-1720 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Vanbrugh (architect)
Hawksmoor (architect)
Place of origin
England (made)

Plan of the first floor of Castle Howard, Yorkshire.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Architectural design
TitlePlan, section and elevation of the Brewhouse at Castle Howard, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen, ink and wash
Pen and Ink
Wash
Architectural Drawing
Brief description
Plan, section and elevation of the Brewhouse at Castle Howard by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699-1720
Physical description
Plan of the first floor of Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
  • Length: 27.3cm
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, pp. 14-15, cat. 10.
Style
Baroque
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with title and measurements.)
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
In the design as executed the towers project much further forward from the rest of the building, and do not diminish in the attic storey, as in this design. See L. Whistler (1954).

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.12) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Castle
Plan
Place depicted
Castle Howard
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.429-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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