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Elevation for Castle Howard, Yorkshire

Architectural Design
ca. 1699 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An early design for the west range wings of the south, or garden front at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The elevation shows a one-story building with seven bays in the central section with round-headed windows separated by Corinthian pilasters and a pavilion with an attic at one end. The dome of the pavilion is cut off and the right-hand end of the sheet is missing. Another line is drawn below the ground line, possibly indicating preliminary ideas for the later rusticated basement.

The pavilion relates closely to E.2826-1995 and the possible planned rustication to E.422-1951.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElevation for Castle Howard, Yorkshire (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen, ink and wash
Brief description
Elevation for Castle Howard by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699.
Physical description
An early design for the west range wings of the south, or garden front at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The elevation shows a one-story building with seven bays in the central section with round-headed windows separated by Corinthian pilasters and a pavilion with an attic at one end. The dome of the pavilion is cut off and the right-hand end of the sheet is missing. Another line is drawn below the ground line, possibly indicating preliminary ideas for the later rusticated basement.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Length: 40cm
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. 16, cat. 14.
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
An early design for the west range wings of the south, or garden front at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The elevation shows a one-story building with seven bays in the central section with round-headed windows separated by Corinthian pilasters and a pavilion with an attic at one end. The dome of the pavilion is cut off and the right-hand end of the sheet is missing. Another line is drawn below the ground line, possibly indicating preliminary ideas for the later rusticated basement.

The pavilion relates closely to E.2826-1995 and the possible planned rustication to E.422-1951.

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.4) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
An early design for the west range wings of the south, or garden front at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The elevation shows a one-story building with seven bays in the central section with round-headed windows separated by Corinthian pilasters and a pavilion with an attic at one end. The dome of the pavilion is cut off and the right-hand end of the sheet is missing. Another line is drawn below the ground line, possibly indicating preliminary ideas for the later rusticated basement.

The pavilion relates closely to E.2826-1995 and the possible planned rustication to E.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
Accession number
E.421-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
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