Please complete the form to email this item.

Drawing

Drawing

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    c.1720 (made)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen, ink, pencil, and wash on paper

  • Museum number:

    D.1832-1885

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case A, shelf 170

  • Download image

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.

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.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

c.1720 (made)

Materials and Techniques

Pen, ink, pencil, and wash on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Scale 1 inch to a foot Door-case in ye Dining-Room to ye top of ye Cornish'
'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.
'Designs for a mansion at Thorpe'

Dimensions

Width: 26.5 cm, Length: 38.5 cm

Descriptive line

Drawing, pen, ink, pencil, and wash, Drawing of a door and door-case at Thorpe Hall, English, c.1720.

Materials

Paper; Pencil; Ink; Wash; Pen

Techniques

Drawn

Subjects depicted

Animal; Doorway; Scale; Northamptonshire; Carving; Thorpe Hall

Categories

Drawings

Collection code

PDP

Download image
Qr_O944575
  • Copyright: © V&A Images. All Rights Reserved
Ajax-loader