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)

Associated Names
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

Henry Flitcroft

Artist After, British, 1697 - 1769

William Kent

Artist After, English, 1685 - 1748

This is a photograph of a book cover titled "The Designs of Inigo Jones". The cover features typography describing the contents of the book as consisting of plans and elevations for both public and private buildings, specifically for a first volume published in the year 1727 (M.DCC.XXVII). It mentions that the publication was managed by William Kent, detailing "with some additional designs". Below the text, there is an elaborate engraving featuring a portrait of Inigo Jones surrounded by decorative elements including two cherubic figures holding garlands.

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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 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.

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