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Design

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Lovett Pearce (architect)
Place of origin
England (made)

Plans relating to Captain Rawsom's house at Donnamore, Co Leix, and its conversion to a barracks.

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
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and wash
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Wash
Drawing
Painting
Brief description
Plans relating to Captain Rawsom's house at Donnamore, Co Leix, and its conversion to a barracks in the Vanbrugh Album, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (ca.1695-1733).
Physical description
Plans relating to Captain Rawsom's house at Donnamore, Co Leix, and its conversion to a barracks.
Dimensions
  • Height: 54cm
  • Width: 76cm
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. 24, cat. 46.
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The first and second floor are equall, The Great Stairs gos up but one story but the back stairs continues from the cellar or ground floor to the Garrets. There are Garrets over the great stairs and every room in the house.and NB The Surface A is 15 foot above the river. The cellar or ground floor is level with A and the Surface B is 4 foot above A. Inscribed very faintly in pencil The plan of Captain Rawson's House at Donnamore. Inscribed in ink on the back Plan of Capt Rawson's House proposed to be turned into a horses barracks for 2 troops at the expense of Capt Rawson in the manner herein discribed but not sufficient for the plans proposed by Survey Gen[?] 1733. ' (Inscribed in pencil.)
  • (Inscribed in ink and pencil with measurements and the scale.)
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.
Production
Attribution note: Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet.
Subjects depicted
Plan
House
Barracks
Place depicted
Laois
Summary
Plans relating to Captain Rawsom's house at Donnamore, Co Leix, and its conversion to a barracks.

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 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. 24, cat. 46.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2124:38-1992

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Record createdMay 14, 2009
Record URL
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