[George Vertue's plans and drawings of the rooms at Wilton House containing the pictures and statues in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [George Vertue's plans and drawings of the rooms at Wilton House containing the pictures and statues in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke] [art original].
- Creator
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Contributor
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Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652, architect. - Published / Created
- [between 1731 and 1756]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawings showing the floor plan and views of the walls on which were hung paintings and against which statues and other artwork were placed. The second drawing is titled "Plan of rooms that contains [sic] the statues & the pictures" in ink above, and the fourth drawing is titled "View of one end of the great room design'd by Inigo Jones" in ink below. The first drawing depicts a large painting by Van Dyck on the wall at a different end the great room, described in the printed text as "a landskip [sic] with dogs, and in the clouds are three angels ...".
- Description
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Title devised by cataloger.
One of the four drawings with horizontal orientation.
Bound by Horace Walpole in his copy of: Gambarini, C. Description of the Earl of Pembroke's pictures. Westminster : A. Campbell, 1731.
Bound in old mottled calf. With slipcase. - Provenance
- Bought by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale (March 1757); Strawberry Hill sale (1842) to H.G. Bohn for William Beckford. With Walpole's bookplate (BP1). Maggs; October 1931.
- Extent
- 4 drawings on 2 sheets : sheets 19 x 16 cm and 14 x 19 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 49 2378
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Floor plans
Drawings
Ink drawings
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- pen and ink with wash over pencil ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
Wiltshire.
England. - Subject (Name)
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Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656-1733
Wilton House (England) - Subject (Topic)
-
Art collections
Art
Private collections
Sculpture
Interiors - Subjects
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Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656-1733 > Art collections
Wilton House (England)
Art > Private collections > England > Wiltshire
Sculpture > Private collections > England
Interiors
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9659638
- Object ID (OID)
- 33100018