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Architectural Drawing

ca. 1799 (made)
Artist/Maker
Atkinson, William (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

1 of 8 designs and plans for the alteration and decoration of rooms on the ground and first floors of 39 Grosvener Square for Rowland Burdon, M.P. The designs include chimney-pieces for the eating room and drawing-room, bookcases and a chimney-piece for the library, and a mural decoration with a classical landscape for the little drawing-room. Inscribed with name of client and location and inscribed with scales.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Interiors
Designs
Object type
Architectural drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Pen and Ink and Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
William Atkinson. Architectural designs for the alteration and redecoration of 39 Grosvenor Square, the house of MP Rowland Burdon, December 1799.
Physical description
1 of 8 designs and plans for the alteration and decoration of rooms on the ground and first floors of 39 Grosvener Square for Rowland Burdon, M.P. The designs include chimney-pieces for the eating room and drawing-room, bookcases and a chimney-piece for the library, and a mural decoration with a classical landscape for the little drawing-room. Inscribed with name of client and location and inscribed with scales.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.77cm
  • Width: 33.02cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with name of client and location and inscribed with scales)
Credit line
Given by Mr. A. N. L. Munby
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.209-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O580430/architectural-drawing-atkinson-william/
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