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Elevation of the south side of the kitchen at Castle Howard, Yorkshire

Architectural Design
ca. 1710-1711 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Vanbrugh (architect)
Hawksmoor, Nicholas (architect)
Place of origin
England (made)

Four pavilions, like those shown in these designs, were built on the east side of Castle Howard, probably in 1710 and 1711. The corresponding pavilions on the west side were never built.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Architectural design
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Design
  • Drawing
  • Design
  • Drawing
TitleElevation of the south side of the kitchen at Castle Howard, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen, ink and wash
Pen
Wash
Pen and Ink
Architectural Drawing
Brief description
Elevation of the south side of the kitchen at Castle Howard, Yorkshire and an additional office design in the form of a domed pavilion; for Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699.
Physical description
Elevation of the south side of the kitchen at Castle Howard, Yorkshire, showing an additional office in the form of a domed pavilion.
Style
Baroque
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
The Joyning of ye small pavilion to ye Dayry ye front of it inward. (Inscribed with a key and descriptive notes by Hawksmoor and the drawing on the back inscribed with the above sentence and other notes.)
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
Four pavilions, like those shown in these designs, were built on the east side of Castle Howard, probably in 1710 and 1711. The corresponding pavilions on the west side were never built. See L. Whistler (1954).

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.11) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Castle
Kitchen
Dome
Pavilion
Place depicted
Castle Howard
Summary
Four pavilions, like those shown in these designs, were built on the east side of Castle Howard, probably in 1710 and 1711. The corresponding pavilions on the west side were never built.
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.428&A-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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