Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect, Volume I
Print
1715 (made)
1715 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Engraving print on paper
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect, Volume I (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | printer's ink, paper, engraving |
| Brief description | From Vitruvius Britannicus by Colen Campbell: Wanstead House, Essex. Plate 22 of Volume I. Engraving, London, 1715 |
| Physical description | Engraving print on paper |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Ca: Campbell Inv: et Delin. (Lettered) |
| Gallery label | Anonymous engraver after Colen
Campbell (1676-1729)
First design for the west elevation of
Wanstead House, Essex.
Etching and engraving from Vitruvius
Britannicus, Vol I, 1717
Wanstead, designed by Colen Campbell from
1713 and built by 1715 for Sir Richard Child
was the purest, most classical house of its day
and was also one of the biggest. Campbell
deliberately put this print of it near the start
of Vitruvius Britannicus, just after the prints
of Inigo Jones's and John Webb's buildings
(also shown in this exhibition). He evidently
intended to present the house as an exemplar
of what new architecture should be, that is
neo-Palladian. Espcially important were the
horizontal emphasis and detail of the facade
and the columned portico, matched inside by
a temple-like saloon of the same dimensions.
When built, the block was made shorter, and
lower symmetrical wings added. Close to
London, Wanstead quickly became a goal for
sightseers and its design was soon being
imitated all over England. It was demolished
in 1824, althought the park survives.
Circ.86-1967 |
| Credit line | Acquired from B. Weinreb Ltd., London in 1967. |
| Place depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1967 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.86-1967 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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