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Design

18th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Lovett Pearce, Edward (Sir) (architect)
Place of origin
England (made)

Elevation of a house with a raised Ionic tetrastyle porticoed front. There is a small section cut from the top right hand corner.

This drawing is part of the Vanbrugh Album from the Library at Elton Hall. The Album contains 254 drawings and includes works by Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, William Talman, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Richard Castle and anonymous draughtsmen in Vanbrugh's office. It was created ca. 1945-54 and was purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Architecture
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Elevation of a house with a raised Ionic tetrastyle porticoed front in the Vanbrugh Album, attributed to Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (ca. 1695-1733).
Physical description
Elevation of a house with a raised Ionic tetrastyle porticoed front. There is a small section cut from the top right hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.9cm
  • Width: 38.2cm
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. 46, cat. 115.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'by which means there will be 8 steps out of the Galery in the hall into the room of the upper floors one in the doorway and one in the Gallery before each door. ' (Lettered in ink)
  • (Numbered in ink and pencil with dimensions and calculations.)
  • (Marked in ink with several trial pen marks.)
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.
Historical context
Possibly Bellamont Forest, Co Cavan.
Production
Possibly Bellamont Forest, Co Cavan.
Subjects depicted
Ionic
Tetrastyle
Elevations (Drawings)
House
Place depicted
Cavan
Summary
Elevation of a house with a raised Ionic tetrastyle porticoed front. There is a small section cut from the top right hand corner.

This drawing is part of the Vanbrugh Album from the Library at Elton Hall. The Album contains 254 drawings and includes works by Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, William Talman, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Richard Castle and anonymous draughtsmen in Vanbrugh's office. It was created ca. 1945-54 and was purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 46, cat. 115.
  • Downes, K., Sir John Vanbrugh: A Biography, 1987, p. 434.
  • Whistler, L., The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, 1954, fig. 88.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2124:166-1992

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Record createdMay 8, 2009
Record URL
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