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Design

ca.1731. (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for the elevation of Cashel Palace, Co Tipperary, c. 1731, with the design as executed on a flap over the top two stories. The original design shows a house with four floors. The ground floor and the first floor have Venetian windows, the upper more classicising whilst the ground floor ones have rusticated architraves. The main door is pedimented with rusticated columns and reached by front steps. The flap over the upper two stories shows a single storey, as executed. The Venetian windows on that level are substituted with paired rectangular windows.

This drawing is part of the Vanbrugh Album from the Library at Elton Hall. The Album contains 254 drawings and includes works by Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, William Talman, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Richard Castle and anonymous draughtsmen in Vanbrugh's office. It was created ca. 1945-54 and was purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink wash
Brief description
Design for the elevation of Cashel Palace, Co. Tipperary ca.1731 in the Vanbrugh Album by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (ca.1695-1733).
Physical description
Design for the elevation of Cashel Palace, Co Tipperary, c. 1731, with the design as executed on a flap over the top two stories. The original design shows a house with four floors. The ground floor and the first floor have Venetian windows, the upper more classicising whilst the ground floor ones have rusticated architraves. The main door is pedimented with rusticated columns and reached by front steps. The flap over the upper two stories shows a single storey, as executed. The Venetian windows on that level are substituted with paired rectangular windows.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23cm
  • Width: 28.7cm
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, London: V & A, 1996, p. 54, cat. 143.
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The architraves of the upper windows 8 inches, Each Quion will be 14: inches heigh Ye champhear 3 Inch' (Inscribed in ink and other instructions)
  • (Numbered in ink with dimensions.)
Object history
Part of the Vanbrugh Album, which was purchased in 1992 with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, The Monument Trust, The Sainsbury Trust, and an anonymous donor.
Historical context
The house was built for Theophilus Bolton, Archbishop of Cashel and is now a hotel.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Design for the elevation of Cashel Palace, Co Tipperary, c. 1731, with the design as executed on a flap over the top two stories. The original design shows a house with four floors. The ground floor and the first floor have Venetian windows, the upper more classicising whilst the ground floor ones have rusticated architraves. The main door is pedimented with rusticated columns and reached by front steps. The flap over the upper two stories shows a single storey, as executed. The Venetian windows on that level are substituted with paired rectangular windows.

This drawing is part of the Vanbrugh Album from the Library at Elton Hall. The Album contains 254 drawings and includes works by Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, William Talman, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Richard Castle and anonymous draughtsmen in Vanbrugh's office. It was created ca. 1945-54 and was purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992.
Bibliographic reference
Lorimer, C. and Newton, C. (ed.), The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V & A, 1996, p. 54, cat. 143.
Collection
Accession number
E.2124:172-1992

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