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Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Illustrating the life of Aeneas, prince of Troy, protagonist of Virgil's Aeneid.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Illustrating the life of Aeneas, prince of Troy, protagonist of Virgil’s Aeneid.
Cole: Architectural Elevation. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 22" x 12". [ARCHp902]
Diane D'Ephese: Statue of the goddess Diana, 1st century Roman copy of the lost Diana by Leochares.
Diane D’Ephese: Statue of the goddess Diana, 1st century Roman copy of the lost Diana by Leochares.
Mansion House: Elevation and plan of portico.
Mansion House: Elevation and plan of portico.
Composite Order: Anterior views of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Composite Order: Anterior views of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Campbell: Plumptre House, Nottingham. 1720. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 15". [ARCHp913]
Comparative view of buildings by height including the Pyramid of Cheops, St Peters, St Pauls with key. Framed.
Comparative view of buildings by height including the Pyramid of Cheops, St Peters, St Pauls with key. Framed.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 3.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 3.
Three examples. Plate CLVIII.
Three examples. Plate CLVIII.
Dining room with Ionic columns looking towards the west end conservatory.
Dining room with Ionic columns looking towards the west end conservatory.
Tuscan Order. Anterior view of a portico without pedestals.
Tuscan Order. Anterior view of a portico without pedestals.
Honesty: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Honesty: Penmanship sample with moral text.
With Neptune and his sea horses.
With Neptune and his sea horses.
Picart: Facade. 1715. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 13". [ARCHp942]
Baroque Wall Design: Parade Hall with pastoral frescos.
Baroque Wall Design: Parade Hall with pastoral frescos.
Bed: Design for a State Bed: No.XLVII:
Bed: Design for a State Bed: No.XLVII:
Russian Imperial Collection: Six coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Six coordinating painted interior patterns.
Corinthian and Composite Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Corinthian and Composite Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Ionic Order.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Ionic Order.
Plate XVIII.
Plate XVIII.
Poetry: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Poetry: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Architectural Elevation: Design by the great seventeenth-century architect Inigo Jones.
Architectural Elevation: Design by the great seventeenth-century architect Inigo Jones.
British Nation: Penmanship sample with moral text.
British Nation: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Reputation: penmanship sample with moral text and decorative vignettes.
Reputation: penmanship sample with moral text and decorative vignettes.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 21.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 21.
Baroque Wall Design: A side of a parade chamber.
Baroque Wall Design: A side of a parade chamber.
Mercury and Apollo.
Mercury and Apollo.
With Zeus and the Nemean dragon.
With Zeus and the Nemean dragon.
Marriage: Hail Wedded Love. Penmanship sample with inspirational text and vignette.
Marriage: Hail Wedded Love. Penmanship sample with inspirational text and vignette.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of the gods Athena (Minerva), Apollo, Artemis (Diana) and Hermes (Mercury) at Olympus for a bedroom.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of the gods Athena (Minerva), Apollo, Artemis (Diana) and Hermes (Mercury) at Olympus for a bedroom.
Russian Imperial Collection: Iron, Brass and Painted Campaign Table. Front and side perspectives.
Russian Imperial Collection: Iron, Brass and Painted Campaign Table. Front and side perspectives.
Promises: Penmanship sample with moral text and decorative vignette.
Promises: Penmanship sample with moral text and decorative vignette.
Horse and Foot Guards East Facade. Destroyed in the fire of 1698 and replaced by Royal Horseguards.
Horse and Foot Guards East Facade. Destroyed in the fire of 1698 and replaced by Royal Horseguards.
Architectural Elevation: Corps de Logis with Carytides and Atlantes by Inigo Jones.
Architectural Elevation: Corps de Logis with Carytides and Atlantes by Inigo Jones.
Vanity mirror with elaborate marble decoration.
Vanity mirror with elaborate marble decoration.
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Doric Order
Plan and Elevation of an entrance in the Doric Order
Ormolu mounted Red Marble Mantle Clock with Bronze classical figures.
Ormolu mounted Red Marble Mantle Clock with Bronze classical figures.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Apollo at Olympus with figures for the constellations of Ursa Major, Leo, Scorpio and Taurus for a King's audience chamber.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Apollo at Olympus with figures for the constellations of Ursa Major, Leo, Scorpio and Taurus for a King’s audience chamber.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 18.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 18.
Russian Imperial Collection: Painted interior capital with three details.
Russian Imperial Collection: Painted interior capital with three details.
Hampton Court Cartoon Gallery.
Hampton Court Cartoon Gallery.
Designed by Herbert McNair, Margaret and Francis MacDonald, who with Charles Rennie MacIntosh were known as 'The Four' of Scottish Art Nouveau.
Designed by Herbert McNair, Margaret and Francis MacDonald, who with Charles Rennie MacIntosh were known as ‘The Four’ of Scottish Art Nouveau.
Ionic Order: Anterior view of a portico with pedestals, and details of an impost and Palladian impost.
Ionic Order: Anterior view of a portico with pedestals, and details of an impost and Palladian impost.
de Neufforge: Facade. 1775. An original antique copper engraving. 9" x 14". [ARCHp933]
Anonymous: Doric Order. c1855. An original antique steel engraving. 6" x 10". [ARCHp907]
Picart: Facade. 1715. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 13". [ARCHp950]
Sculpture: Penmanship sample.
Sculpture: Penmanship sample.
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire: The Seat of Thomas Duncomb, Esq., designed by William Wakefield in 1713.
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire: The Seat of Thomas Duncomb, Esq., designed by William Wakefield in 1713.
Oddy: Doric & Tuscan Orders. c1800. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 8". [ARCHp910]
Plan and Elevation in the Corinthian Order
Plan and Elevation in the Corinthian Order
Plate XXII.
Plate XXII.
Two chairs and a bench. Plate XXIV.
Two chairs and a bench. Plate XXIV.
Tuscan and Doric Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Tuscan and Doric Orders: Plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Cole: Carew Manor, Sutton. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 22" x 12". [ARCHp904]
Russian Imperial Collection: Boule inlay Side Chair with blue damask seat.
Russian Imperial Collection: Boule inlay Side Chair with blue damask seat.
Russian Imperial Collection: Four coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Four coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Five coordinating painted interior patterns.
Russian Imperial Collection: Five coordinating painted interior patterns.
Elevation and plans of the ground and principal stories.
Elevation and plans of the ground and principal stories.
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland: Plan and elevation of one the North's great Halls designed by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland: Plan and elevation of one the North’s great Halls designed by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Marriage: Observations on marriage by way of advice. Penmanship sample with vignette.
Marriage: Observations on marriage by way of advice. Penmanship sample with vignette.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Zeus, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus and Hades with father Time at Olympus with Apollo, Artemis, Hera and Poseidon at the corners.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: Fresco of Zeus, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus and Hades with father Time at Olympus with Apollo, Artemis, Hera and Poseidon at the corners.
Corinthian Order: Chapel exterior.
Corinthian Order: Chapel exterior.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 5.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 5.
Bricklayer's Bill: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Bricklayer’s Bill: Penmanship sample with moral text.
Russian Imperial Collection. Gilded Cabriolet chair with floral tapestry.
Russian Imperial Collection. Gilded Cabriolet chair with floral tapestry.
Baroque Wall Design: An antechamber to an audience room.
Baroque Wall Design: An antechamber to an audience room.
Baroque Wall Design: Third side of the Parade room with pastoral frescos and ornate mirror.
Baroque Wall Design: Third side of the Parade room with pastoral frescos and ornate mirror.
Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes.
Apollo with a lyre and Pan with pipes.
Bronze Caryatid Ormolu and Marble Candelabra.
Bronze Caryatid Ormolu and Marble Candelabra.
Fountain of Don John of Austria, Victor of the Battle of Lepanto: Garden of Aranjuez.
Fountain of Don John of Austria, Victor of the Battle of Lepanto: Garden of Aranjuez.
Plate XVII.
Plate XVII.
Chelsea Arts Club Bal des Quat'z'Arts at the Royal Albert Hall. By the Australian WWI artist Fred Leist.
Chelsea Arts Club Bal des Quat’z’Arts at the Royal Albert Hall. By the Australian WWI artist Fred Leist.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: With text relating to materials to be used.
Baroque Ceiling Decoration: With text relating to materials to be used.
Corinthian Order: Anterior view of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Corinthian Order: Anterior view of portico and pedestal, lateral view of a portico and detail of an impost and architrave.
Wansted House, Essex: Profiles of interior and exterior sections.
Wansted House, Essex: Profiles of interior and exterior sections.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 19.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 19.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 10.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 10.
Campbell: Facade. c1720. An original antique copper engraving. 16" x 14". [ARCHp759]
The Lower Vestible. The original Henry Holland design has been recently altered, and the original wall replaced with scagliola corinthian columns.
The Lower Vestible. The original Henry Holland design has been recently altered, and the original wall replaced with scagliola corinthian columns.
Music: Music resembles poetry penmanship sample.
Music: Music resembles poetry penmanship sample.
Design for a Chimney piece: Fishing scene on mantle. No. CLXXXIII:
Design for a Chimney piece: Fishing scene on mantle. No. CLXXXIII:
Bowles: St. Paul's Cathedral. 1732. An original antique copper engraving. 18" x 27". [LDNp10315]
Plate CV.
Plate CV.
Ionic Order: Ancient and modern plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Ionic Order: Ancient and modern plinth, shaft, capital, abacus and entablature.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 15.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 15.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate12.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate12.
Doric Order: Anterior and lateral views of portico and pedestals.
Doric Order: Anterior and lateral views of portico and pedestals.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 7.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 7.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 11.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 11.
Baroque Wall Design: Grand salon fenestration looking onto a garden.
Baroque Wall Design: Grand salon fenestration looking onto a garden.
Russian Imperial Collection. Carver with tressle back and inlay.
Russian Imperial Collection. Carver with tressle back and inlay.
Russian Imperial Collection. Iron and Brass Campaign Chair.
Russian Imperial Collection. Iron and Brass Campaign Chair.
Shaving Table & Basin Stand. Plate LIV.
Shaving Table & Basin Stand. Plate LIV.
Chippendale: Chamber Organs. c1760. An original antique copper engraving. 14" x 10". [DECp77]
Tuscan Order: Methods of setting off columns.
Tuscan Order: Methods of setting off columns.
Chap Book Thanksgiving Number. Cover for the short lived American Literary magazine.
Chap Book Thanksgiving Number. Cover for the short lived American Literary magazine.
Norman Gothic Order: Design for Column and Entablature.
Norman Gothic Order: Design for Column and Entablature.
Baroque Wall Design: Long side of a main walk in a central hall.
Baroque Wall Design: Long side of a main walk in a central hall.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 20.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 20.
Ornate Bed: Plate XXXIX.
Ornate Bed: Plate XXXIX.
Elevation after Inigo Jones.
Elevation after Inigo Jones.
St James's Palace Guard Chamber.
St James’s Palace Guard Chamber.
Designs of 3 Chairs. Plate XXV.
Designs of 3 Chairs. Plate XXV.
Baroque Ewer: With a putti and winged female figure handle.
Baroque Ewer: With a putti and winged female figure handle.
Design for a Chimney Piece. Satyr & Woman flanking fireplace. Plate CLXXXIV.
Design for a Chimney Piece. Satyr & Woman flanking fireplace. Plate CLXXXIV.
Campbell; Bath-House, Chiswick Gardens. 1720. An original antique copper engraving. 10" x 15". [ARCHp914]
Red Marble and Ormolu Urn.
Red Marble and Ormolu Urn.
Orders: Diagrams of capitals, shafts and bases of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Composite and Corinthian orders with key and ornamental details.
Orders: Diagrams of capitals, shafts and bases of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Composite and Corinthian orders with key and ornamental details.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 22.
Rare: Fantaisies Oceanographiques. Designs inspired by corals, anemones, planktons, jellyfish etc. Limited to 250 editions. Plate 22.
Elevation of North prospect.
Elevation of North prospect.