Palladian architectural designs. ca. 1710-ca. 1749.

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Palladian architectural designs. ca. 1710-ca. 1749.

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Designs by English architects Roger Morris and William Kent include the following drawings: by Morris are a garden alcove, elevation and scale; a square temple with pyramid roof, elevation with plan and scale; a circular domed temple with four pedimented niches, elevation and plan; and a sketch for the Great Room at Whitton Place, Middlesex. These drawings are believed to stem from a collection of Morris designs in a 1917 sale from the library at Wilton House, the seat of the Earl of Pembroke who was a frequent collaborator of Morris. Also included is a design for an obelisk attributed to Morris. By Kent is a design for a ceiling with a fragmentary inscription on the verso in Kent's hand: "...but you had best keep a blank margin of three inches all round."

6 drawings : sepia ink and wash, grey ink and wash, watercolor, pen and ink and grey wash ; 46 x 28 or smaller.

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Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734-1794

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Morris, Roger (English architect, 1695-1749)

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Roger Morris was a British architect and exponent of Palladianism and master carpenter to the Office of Works. Most of his projects were done in association with the 9th Earl of Pembroke, an amateur architect. From the description of Palladian architectural designs. ca. 1710-ca. 1749. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82949047 ...

Kent, William, 1685-1748

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William 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 ...