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

William Kent

Author, English, 1685 - 1748

William Kent

Artist, English, 1685 - 1748

Bernard Baron

Artist, French, 1696 - 1762

James Cole

Artist, British, active c. 1720 - active 1743

Antoine Herisset

Artist, French, 1685 - 1769

Hendrik Hulsberg

Artist, Netherlandish, died 1729

Pierre Fourdrinier

Artist, French, c. 1720 - 1758

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Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • 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

    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.

Bibliography

1998

  • Middleton et al. 1998, no. 34.

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