Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant. demonstrating, in the most easy and practical method, all the Principal Rules of Architecture, from the Ground Plan to the Ornamental Finish. Illustrated with Several New and Useful Designs of Houses, with their Plans, Elevations, and Sections. Also, Clear and Ample Instructions, annexed to each subject, in Letter-Press; with a List of Prices for Materials, and Labour, and Labour only....The Whole correctly Engraved on Forty-two Folio Copper Plates, from the Original Designs of William and James Pain.

published 1786

Mutlow

Artist, British, active 1786

Woodman

Artist, British, active 1786

James Pain

Author, British, active 1780s

William Pain

Author, British, c. 1730 - c. 1794

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: 42 engravings (all full-page, versos blank), by Woodman and Mutlow after William and James Paine

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 42.8 x 27.2 cm (16 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 43.6 x 28.8 x 2.4 cm (17 3/16 x 11 5/16 x 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.49.38

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

ownership stamp of C.L. Law, Architect, Northampton; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Middleton et al. 1998, no. 49.


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