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Elevation for Castle Howard, Yorkshire

Architectural Design
ca. 1699 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Vanbrugh (architect)
Hawksmoor, Nicholas (architect)
Place of origin
England (made)

This design is closely related to those of contemporary orange-houses, with six bays in each range. It relates closely to Plan 2 (E.419-1951). The central block was subsequently extended by two bays and a pavilion at each extremity. The central block was eventually completed by the addition of a pediment and a dome. Two related drawings are E.421-1951 and 422-1951.

Object details

Categories
Architecture
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Architectural design
TitleElevation for Castle Howard, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen, ink and wash
Pen and Ink
Wash
Architectural Drawing
Brief description
Elevation for Castle Howard, Yorkshire by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699.
Physical description
Early, fully worked-up large design for the south, or garden front of Castle Howard, Yorkshire, showing coupled plain Corinthian pilasters, and no end pavilions.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
  • Length: 116.9cm
Taken from Lorimer C. and Newton, C. (ed.), The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, V & A, 1996, p. 15, cat. 11.
Style
Baroque
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
The design is closely related to those of contemporary orange-houses, with six bays in each range. It relates closely to plan 2 (E.419-1951). See Charles Saumarez Smith (1990). The central block was subsequently extended by two bays and a pavilion at each extremity. The central block was eventually completed by the addition of a pediment and a dome. See L. Whistler (1954). Two related drawings are E.421, 422-1951.

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.2) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Castle
Elevation
Pilasters
Place depicted
Castle Howard
Summary
This design is closely related to those of contemporary orange-houses, with six bays in each range. It relates closely to Plan 2 (E.419-1951). The central block was subsequently extended by two bays and a pavilion at each extremity. The central block was eventually completed by the addition of a pediment and a dome. Two related drawings are E.421-1951 and 422-1951.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Lorimer, C. and Newton, C., The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, V & A, 1996, p. 14, cat. 9.
  • L. Whistler, The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his Fellow Artists, 1954, p. 74 and Fig 18.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.420-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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