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Elevation of the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard, Yorkshire.

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

This design is closely connected with E.424-1951. It has many points of correspondence with the final design, as published in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol 1, Pl 58, but the central dome and lateral turrets are missing, the Corinthian order is used instead of the Doric, and the entrance was afterwards re-designed.

Object details

Categories
Architecture
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Architectural design
TitleElevation of the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard, Yorkshire. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen, ink and wash
Pen and Ink
Wash
Architectural Drawing
Brief description
Architectural drawing for Castle Howard by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; ca. 1699.
Physical description
Elevation of the north, or entrance front of Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
  • Length: 136.2cm
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. 17.
Style
Baroque
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
North Front (Inscribed on the back.)
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Object history
This design is closely connected with E.424-1951. It has many points of correspondence with the final design, as published in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol 1, Pl 58, but the central dome and lateral turrets are missing, the Corinthian order is used instead of the Doric, and the entrance was afterwards re-designed. See L. Whistler (1954).

Purchased from the Marquis of Bute at auction at Sotheby's (lot 19.8) on 23 May 1951 by the National Arts Collection Fund and given to the V & A.
Subjects depicted
Castle
Dome
Entrance
Place depicted
Castle Howard
Summary
This design is closely connected with E.424-1951. It has many points of correspondence with the final design, as published in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol 1, Pl 58, but the central dome and lateral turrets are missing, the Corinthian order is used instead of the Doric, and the entrance was afterwards re-designed.
Associated object
E.424-1951
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.
  • Hawksmoor : an exhibition of models, drawings and recent photographs, organised in conjunction with the Hawksmoor Committee's campaign for preserving Christ Church, Spitalfields and St. Anne's, Limehouse, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1962 no.117
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.425-1951

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Record createdMarch 3, 2009
Record URL
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