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Study for the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard

Architectural Design
ca. 1699 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This design is closely connected with E.425-1951.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleStudy for the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink
Brief description
Architectural drawing for Castle Howard by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699.
Physical description
Study for the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.8cm
  • Length: 29.5cm
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. 16, cat. 16.
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with a note by Hawksmoor concerning the circular corridore or quadrant and with dimensions and scale.)
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
This design is closely connected with E.425-1951. See L. Whistler (1954).

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.7) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This design is closely connected with E.425-1951.
Associated object
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.
  • Hawksmoor : an exhibition of models, drawings and recent photographs, organised in conjunction with the Hawksmoor Committee's campaign for preserving Christ Church, Spitalfields and St. Anne's, Limehouse, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1962 no.118
Collection
Accession number
E.424-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
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