Elevation of Center of the Guard House and North Screen, Buckingham Palace

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Artist/Maker	Nash, John (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Pen and ink drawing with pencil underdrawing showing, in elevation, an opening flanked on both sides by three Ionic columns. Above this is a drawing of another part of the building (a ceiling plan or frieze elevation?) and construction details of the cornice, coloured and inscribed to show the intended materials.

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Categories	Drawings Designs
Object type	Drawing
Title	Elevation of Center of the Guard House and North Screen, Buckingham Palace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink on paper Paper Pen and Ink Pencil Wash Drawing
Brief description	Architectural drawing showing the elevation and construction details of the Center of the Guard House of the North Screen, Buckingham Palace, London, possibly drawn by John Nash, about 1825-1828
Physical description	Pen and ink drawing with pencil underdrawing showing, in elevation, an opening flanked on both sides by three Ionic columns. Above this is a drawing of another part of the building (a ceiling plan or frieze elevation?) and construction details of the cornice, coloured and inscribed to show the intended materials.
Dimensions	Height: 64.4cm Width: 52.9cm Scale 1/2 inch
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	Buckingham Palace/Elevation of Center of Guard House and North Screen/ Scale 1/2 Inch. (Bottom right; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
Subjects depicted	Columns Architecture Royal Patronage Construction Drawings Regency
Places depicted	Buckingham Palace London
Bibliographic reference	Nicholas Pevsner, 'London I: The Cities of London and Westminster', Penguin, 1957, pp. 440-445
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	8738:37

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Record created	July 31, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82968/elevation-of-center-of-the-drawing-nash-john/

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