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Architectural Drawing

c.1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Thorpe Hall (made)

This is a drawing in pen, ink, and wash on paper of the elevation and profile of the lower storey of the Garden House at Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Thorpe Hall was a mansion built in 1653-1656 during the Commonwealth period by Peter Mills for the Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Architectural Fittings
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Architectural drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen, ink, and wash on paper
Pen and Ink
Wash
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing, pen, ink, and wash, elevation and profile of the lower storey of teh Garden House at Thorpe Hall, English, ca. 1720.
Physical description
Drawing in pen, ink, and wash on paper of the elevation and profile of the lower storey of the Garden House at Thorpe Hall. The illustration depicts in elevation a pair of doors in the centre with unadorned pilasters on either side. Curving sculptural detail is illustrated on the walls above the doors and a small sculptural of an animal' face is centred above the doors. The profile of the pilasters with scrolling tops is illustrated on the left side of the drawing. An inscription and scale are included in pen at the bottom of the sheet.
Dimensions
  • Width: 43.5cm
  • Length: 31.25cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The Still-Garden House.' (Written in ink centred below the elevation drawing.)
  • scale (Inscribed below the elevation drawing in feet and inches.)
  • 'The Garden House as built had an upper storey in the form of a gable surmounted by a curved pediment and pierced by a bulls-eye window. Only the facade now exists, the rest of the building being demolished. For a photograph see Plate 47 in the article on Thorpe Hall in English Homes, Period IV , Vol. I by H. Avray Tipping, London, 1920.' (Included on the back of the mount, not on the drawing itself.)
Subjects depicted
Door
Pilaster
Sculpture
Place depicted
Thorpe Hall
Summary
This is a drawing in pen, ink, and wash on paper of the elevation and profile of the lower storey of the Garden House at Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Thorpe Hall was a mansion built in 1653-1656 during the Commonwealth period by Peter Mills for the Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.1843-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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