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Finished design for an unidentified villa, probably by William Dickinson, c.1710-24
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Reference number
SM volume 111/46
Purpose
Finished design for an unidentified villa, probably by William Dickinson, c.1710-24
Aspect
Elevation and plan
Scale
10 feet to 29/32 inches (23 mm)
Inscribed
By Dickinson in pen and brown ink with dimensions of rooms
Signed and dated
- c.1710-24
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink with grey wash over pencil under drawing; 287 x 247
Hand
William Dickinson
Watermark
faint crown
Notes
The attribution to Dickinson is based on comparisons with his autograph designs for Pembroke House, Whitehall (SM volume 111/49, 50), where the scale bar markings, outline techniques for cornices and profiles, and the handling of washed shading in the windows openings are very similar (see also his drawings for the Bowling Green Pavilion at Hampton Court in c.1700, SM volume 110/27-29, and for the altar and reredos of the Hampton Court chapel, 111/51, 56). The proposal is for a building just over 100 feet long and 33 feet deep, perhaps a design for a garden villa, with orangery pavilions left and right, since these long rooms with tall windows are unheated. Steps go down from the inner sides of these rooms to the basement floor.
Literature
Wren Society, XVII, pl. 49, bottom
Level
Drawing
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