The Designs of Inigo Jones Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Publish'd by William Kent, With some Additional Designs. The First [Second] Volume
published 1727
Author, English, 1685 - 1748
Artist, English, 1685 - 1748
Artist, French, 1696 - 1762
Artist, British, active c. 1720 - active 1743
Artist, French, 1685 - 1769
Artist, Netherlandish, died 1729
Artist, French, c. 1720 - 1758
William Kent (author)
Artwork overview
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Medium
2 volumes in 1: ill: engraved frontispiece by Bernard Baron after William Kent plus 97 engravings (68 full-page, 24 double-page, 5 folding, versos blank), 61 by Hendrik Hulsbergh after Henry Flitcroft, 24 by Pierre Fourdrinier after Flitcroft, 7 byJames Cole after William Kent, 2 by Fourdrinier after Kent, 2 by Antoine Herisset after Burlington Architects, 1 by Fourdrinier after Burlington Architects
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 50.6 x 34.8 cm (19 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 51.6 x 37.2 x 4.8 cm (20 5/16 x 14 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1983.49.33
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
Thomas Jefferson Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 2019-2020, no repro.
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 34.
2019
DeWitt, Lloyd, and Piper Corey.Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals. Exh. cat. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 2019-2020.