Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, In Great Britain, with Variety of New Designs; in 200 large folio plates, engraven by the best hands; and Drawn from the Buildings themselves, or the Original Designs of the Artchitects; In III Volumes (Vol. I) by Colen Campbell Esq.r
published c. 1735
Author, British, 1676 - 1729
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: engraved title-page and dedication plus 82 etching and engravings (14 double-page, rest full-page, versos blank), by Campbell after Inigo Jones and Nicholas Hawksmoor
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
page size: 55.1 x 36 cm (21 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 56.5 x 40 x 4.9 cm (22 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1985.61.444
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
S.D. Button, Philadelphia; gift to the Philadelphia Chapter American Institute of Architects; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 10.