[8] Design for the north side of the Garden Court by Robert Taylor, c. 1782

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Purpose

[8] Design for the north side of the Garden Court by Robert Taylor, c. 1782

Aspect

The Elevation of the Court and Committee Room

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above and (Bailey) as designed by Sir Robert Taylor

Signed and dated

c. 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash, within double ruled border, on laid paper (338 x 527)

Hand

Taylor office

Watermark

crowned fleur-de-lis, and GR below

Notes

This drawing shows the south elevation of the Court Room and Committee Room. Marcus Binney writes that the rooms date from 1767 but in the 1780s their façade became the north wall of the new Garden Court. The colonnade motif and Venetian windows were continued on the other Court-side elevations

Literature

M. Binney, Sir Robert Taylor, 1984, p.73

Level

Drawing

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