
Design for a larger Cottage or Farm House, Front Elevation
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
ca.1784 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Plaw, John, born 1746 - died 1820 (architect)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, pen and ink and wash
- Museum number:
E.654:37-1996
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case LD, shelf 50
Physical description
An architectural drawing illustrating the front elevation of a design for a large cottage or farm house.
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
ca.1784 (made)
Artist/maker
Plaw, John, born 1746 - died 1820 (architect)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and wash
Dimensions
Height: 32.1 cm Size of covers, Width: 24.8 cm Size of covers
Object history note
The designs for villas and cottages in 'The Plaw Album' were later reproduced as aquatints in Rural Architecture or Designs from the simple cottage to the decorated villa: including some which have been executed, published in 1785 by Isaac and J. Taylor. The publication was one of the first of many books on villas and smaller houses which profoundly affected the development of architecture in the years around 1800. Its aquatint illustrations were the first to set classical buildings into the newly fashionable picturesque landscape. These preparatory drawings show some small differences of detail from the aquatints, particularly in the landscape backgrounds.
Descriptive line
Drawing by John Plaw, 'Design for a larger Cottage or Farm House, Front Elevation', from 'The Plaw Album', an album of 60 architectural designs for villas and cottages, pencil, pen and ink and wash drawing in an album half bound in calf with marbled boards, London, ca.1784
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Plate VII
Plaw, John, Rural Architecture or Designs from the simple cottage to the decorated villa: including some which have been executed (London: Isaac and J. Taylor, 1785).
Materials
Paper; Pencil; Ink; Wash
Techniques
Architectural drawing
Subjects depicted
Elevations; Farm; Architectural drawings; Cottages
Categories
Designs; Drawings; Architecture
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection