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Design

ca. 1726-1733 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Elevation of a doorway with Doric pilasters and a segmental pediment with a scroll covering the triglyphs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink with wash
Brief description
Elevation of a doorway with Doric pilasters and pediment, by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (ca.1695-1733).
Physical description
Elevation of a doorway with Doric pilasters and a segmental pediment with a scroll covering the triglyphs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.8cm
  • Width: 23.3cm
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, London: V & A, 1996, p. 54, cat. 145.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mem: The door from whence I took this had pillars of 17 mod: which gave it a better proportion nor was the Fronton of any more than 2 mod: 2 parts and had a better effect Florence September 1723. ' (Lettered and dated in ink)
  • Numbered in ink with the scale (Scale: 1 inch to 2 1/4 feet.)
Object history
Part of the Vanbrugh Album, which was purchased in 1992 with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, The Monument Trust, The Sainsbury Trust, and an anonymous donor
Subjects depicted
Summary
Elevation of a doorway with Doric pilasters and a segmental pediment with a scroll covering the triglyphs.
Bibliographic reference
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. 54, cat. 145.
Collection
Accession number
E.2124:203-1992

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Record createdMay 1, 2009
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