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Architectural Drawing

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

This is a drawing in elevation of the doors and door-case in the former Great Parlour of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamtonshire. 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 drawing of the doors and door-case in the former Great Parlour at Thorpe Hall, English, c.1720.
Physical description
Elevation drawing in pen, ink, and wash on paper of the doors and door-case in the former Great Parlour of Thorpe Hall. Detailed swirling and floral carving is depicted on the sides and top of the door-case. An inscription and scale are included below the drawing. On the back of the drawing is part of an elevation of the country house. It is made up of three bays with a curved pediment.
Dimensions
  • Width: 22cm
  • Length: 27cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Door Case in ye Great Parlour' (Inscribed at the centre below the elevation drawing.)
  • scale (Inscribed in feet and inches below the drawing.)
  • 'Drawings of doors and door-case in the former Great Parlour (later the Library) of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. On the back is part of the elevation of the country house of three bays with a curved pediment, the remaining part being drawn on the back of D.1841-1885. These two sheets D.1833, 1841-1885 at one time formed a single sheet.' (Written on back of external mounting, not on the drawing itself.)
  • 'The doors and door-case as extant differ in details form this drawing. For photographs see Plates 53, 54, and 57 in the article on Thorpe Hall in English Homes, Period IV Vol. I by H. Avray Tipping, London, 1920.' (Note on back of mounting, not on drawing itself.)
Subjects depicted
Double Doors
Carving
Place depicted
Thorpe Hall
Summary
This is a drawing in elevation of the doors and door-case in the former Great Parlour of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamtonshire. Thorpe Hall was a mansion built in 1653-1656 during the Commonwealth period by Peter Mills for the Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John.
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
D.1833-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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