Design for the Proposed New Foreign Office: Front next St. James’s Park

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Artist/Maker	John Smith Heaviside (engraver) J. D. Wyatt (artist) George Gilbert Scott (architect)
Place of origin	Britain (engraved)

Design for the the proposed new Foreign Office showing the front next to St. James’s Park by George Gilbert Scott. Possibly a plate from The Builder. Lettered J. D. Wyatt Del J. S. Heaviside Sc. With title in letterpress.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Design for the Proposed New Foreign Office: Front next St. James’s Park (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Wood engraving print Printing Ink Wood Engraving
Brief description	Wood engraving by John Smith Heaviside (1812-1864). Design for the proposed New Foreign Office by George Gilbert Scott. 1856. Possibly a plate from The Builder. Lettered with names of draughtsman and engraver and titled.
Physical description	Design for the the proposed new Foreign Office showing the front next to St. James’s Park by George Gilbert Scott. Possibly a plate from The Builder. Lettered J. D. Wyatt Del J. S. Heaviside Sc. With title in letterpress.
Dimensions	Height: 17.8cm (Cut to) Width: 26.7cm (Cut to) Taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 published by HMSO 1966.
Marks and inscriptions	'J. D. Wyatt Del J. S. Heaviside Sc.' (Lettered) (Title in letterpress. )
Object history	This is the architect’s original design for the Foreign Office, which was placed third in the competition held in 1856. Lord Palmerston set aside the results of the competition, and in 1861 Scott’s new designs were accepted.
Subject depicted	Architecture
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1135-1965

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O696319/design-for-the-proposed-new-print-john-smith-heaviside/

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