Kent, William, 1685-1748
Variant namesWilliam Kent was apprenticed to a coachmaker in Yorkshire but went to London in 1703 and to Rome in 1710 to study painting. In Italy he met Thomas Coke (first Earl of Leicester) who would become his patron.
From the description of Drawings of Holkham Hall. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122559159
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| referencedIn | Dighton, B. L. (Basil Lewis). Portrait of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole, ca. 1930. | Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library | |
| creatorOf | Kent, William, 1685-1748. Drawings of Holkham Hall. | Winterthur Library | |
| referencedIn | Willis Papers, ca. 1955 - ca. 1995 | Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Kent, William, 1685-1748. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | William Kent : vertical file. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Morris, Roger, 1695-1749. Palladian architectural designs. | Getty Research Institute |
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| associatedWith | Dighton, B. L. (Basil Lewis). | person |
| associatedWith | Dr. Peter Willis, b. 1933 | person |
| associatedWith | Holkham Hall. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Leicester, Earls of. Library (Holkham Hall) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Morris, Roger, 1695-1749. | person |
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Birth 1685
Death 1748-04-12
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