Drawing for the Waterloo Palace
Drawing
1815 (made)
1815 (made)
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This design was part of a preliminary scheme for the Waterloo Palace devised by Benjamin Dean Wyatt and Charles Smirke for the Duke of Wellington. Intended to rival Blenheim, this first scheme of 1814-5 proved too grandiose for the Duke's taste; Wyatt subsequently produced a relatively more modest scheme between 1817 and 1818. However, this was also abandoned when the Duke decided instead to purchase and enlarge Apsley House in London, where Wyatt designed the interiors
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Drawing for the Waterloo Palace (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour. |
| Brief description | Design for the Waterloo Palace, showing perspective view of the house from the garden, 1815. Benjamin Dean Wyatt |
| Physical description | Perspective view of the front elevations of the house |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed in red ink Benj. Wyatt Archt. A.D.1815 and inscribed No.8 Perspective Elevation of two Fronts (towards the Gardens) of a House designed for His Grace The Duke of Wellington. |
| Object history | The property of His Grace, the Duke of Wellington; Sotheby's 11th December 1980, Lot 120. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This design was part of a preliminary scheme for the Waterloo Palace devised by Benjamin Dean Wyatt and Charles Smirke for the Duke of Wellington. Intended to rival Blenheim, this first scheme of 1814-5 proved too grandiose for the Duke's taste; Wyatt subsequently produced a relatively more modest scheme between 1817 and 1818. However, this was also abandoned when the Duke decided instead to purchase and enlarge Apsley House in London, where Wyatt designed the interiors |
| Bibliographic reference | D. Linstrum, `The Waterloo Palace' Architectural Review, CIV, April 1974. |
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| Accession number | E.674-1987 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2000 |
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