Architectural Drawing
1760 (made)
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The unusual lettering 'invenit et direxit' on the design, equivalent to that of a print publisher, is also found on Chambers’s designs 1761 for the Gallery at the nearby Richmond House.
Pembroke House was situated off Whitehall, beside the river and behind the Banqueting House. Designed by Colen Campbell in the Palladian style, Pembroke had it refurbished in the late 1750s. While most of the exterior refurbishment was by another architect, Chambers contributed to the interiors, including the Saloon and a number of other rooms. Pembroke House was demolished in the 1930s. The Saloon and three other rooms are preserved in the Ministry of Defence offices built on the site.
Chambers was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Pembroke House was situated off Whitehall, beside the river and behind the Banqueting House. Designed by Colen Campbell in the Palladian style, Pembroke had it refurbished in the late 1750s. While most of the exterior refurbishment was by another architect, Chambers contributed to the interiors, including the Saloon and a number of other rooms. Pembroke House was demolished in the 1930s. The Saloon and three other rooms are preserved in the Ministry of Defence offices built on the site.
Chambers was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with blue, pink and grey washes on white paper, silhouetted and laid down on to blue paper, with ink and grey wash drawings on the backing sheet. |
| Brief description | Plan of the Saloon ceiling, with profiles and elevations of the room and doorcase cornices for Pembroke House; William Chambers. |
| Physical description | Plan of the Saloon ceiling, with profiles and elevations of the room and doorcase cornices for Pembroke House for the 10th Earl of Pembroke. On the verso, sketch sections of mouldings. This design shows a rather experimental approach to the arrangement of presentation drawings. This design presents the ceiling as sunk into a fictive sugar-paper mount with the cornice details drawn on it. (Scale: 2 5/8in to 5 ft). |
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| Object history | Registered in the Museum in 1857. |
| Historical context | The unusual lettering 'invenit et direxit' on the design, equivalent to that of a print publisher, is also found on Chambers’s designs 1761 for the Gallery at the nearby Richmond House. Pembroke House was situated off Whitehall, beside the river and behind the Banqueting House. Designed by Colen Campbell in the Palladian style, Pembroke had it refurbished in the late 1750s. While most of the exterior refurbishment was by another architect, Chambers contributed to the interiors, including the Saloon and a number of other rooms. Pembroke House was demolished in the 1930s. The Saloon and three other rooms are preserved in the Ministry of Defence offices built on the site. |
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| Summary | The unusual lettering 'invenit et direxit' on the design, equivalent to that of a print publisher, is also found on Chambers’s designs 1761 for the Gallery at the nearby Richmond House. Pembroke House was situated off Whitehall, beside the river and behind the Banqueting House. Designed by Colen Campbell in the Palladian style, Pembroke had it refurbished in the late 1750s. While most of the exterior refurbishment was by another architect, Chambers contributed to the interiors, including the Saloon and a number of other rooms. Pembroke House was demolished in the 1930s. The Saloon and three other rooms are preserved in the Ministry of Defence offices built on the site. Chambers was born in Sweden and died in London. He travelled widely, visiting China, and studied architecture at the Ecole des Arts, Paris, from 1749 and in Italy from 1750 to 1755. Many of his drawings from this period are contained in his important 'Franco-Italian' album, held in the V&A. Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London. |
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| Accession number | 2216:47 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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