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
Artist, British, active 1786
Artist, British, active 1786
Author, British, active 1780s
Author, British, c. 1730 - c. 1794
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 42 engravings (all full-page, versos blank), by Woodman and Mutlow after William and James Paine
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Credit Line
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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
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.