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

This is a pen, ink, pencil, and wash drawing on paper of the doors and door-case in the Dining -Room (later the Drawing-Room) of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Thorpe hall was a mantions built in 1653-1656 during the Commonwealth period by Peter Mills for the Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John.

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Categories	Architecture Architectural Fittings Drawings Designs
Object type	Architectural drawing
Materials and techniques	Pen, ink, pencil, and wash on paper Pen and Ink Wash Drawn
Brief description	Drawing, pen, ink, pencil, and wash, Drawing of a door and door-case at Thorpe Hall, English, c.1720.
Physical description	Pen, ink, pencil, and wash drawing on paper of doors and door-case in the Dining -Room (later the Drawing-Room) of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Ornate carving on the sides of the door-case. The pediment consists of a circular design below ornate carving of the top including a small animal sculpture at each side. Inscriptions and a scale are written in pen below the drawing.
Dimensions	Width: 26.5cm Length: 38.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Scale 1 inch to a foot Door-case in ye Dining-Room to ye top of ye Cornish' (Inscribed in pen below the drawing including a scale.) 'For a photograph see Plate 67 in the article on Thorpe Hall in English Homes, Period IV. Vol. I by H. Avray Tipping, London, 1920. (Written on back of mount.) 'Designs for a mansion at Thorpe' (Written in pencil on the back of the mount.)
Subjects depicted	Doorway Carving Animal Scale
Places depicted	Northamptonshire Thorpe Hall
Summary	This is a pen, ink, pencil, and wash drawing on paper of the doors and door-case in the Dining -Room (later the Drawing-Room) of Thorpe Hall, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire. Thorpe hall was a mantions built in 1653-1656 during the Commonwealth period by Peter Mills for the Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John.
Associated objects	D.89-1885 (Set) D.1833-1885 (Set) D.1841-1885 (Set) D.413-1885 (Set)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	D.1832-1885

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O944575/architectural-drawing-unknown/

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