Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1715 - 1721
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) (recto), graphite (verso), on laid paper, the lower edge cut in a curve
Dimensions
Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2268
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), probably in 1927, with D.1952.RW.2266 and 2269; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 01/05/1974-07/07/1974
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
London and Londoners, Royal British Academy, London, 1939
Loan exhibition of Dorset artists of the past, County Museum, Dorchester, 22/12/1933-27/01/1934 ...Less
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958 ...More
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
London and Londoners, Royal British Academy, London, 1939
Loan exhibition of Dorset artists of the past, County Museum, Dorchester, 22/12/1933-27/01/1934 ...Less
Literature
English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 1974
cat. no. 32
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 54 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 77
pl. XII
The Wren Society, 1940; XVII
pp. 11, 81
pl. XVII ...Less
cat. no. 32
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 54 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 77
pl. XII
The Wren Society, 1940; XVII
pp. 11, 81
pl. XVII ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Strasburg lily above monogram "WR".
Inscription: &c
Inscription: Thornhill
Inscription: Cupola St Paul's / Sir James Thornhill //
Inscription: Rob Farr Burll [?]
Inscription: d / b //
Inscription: Y 6
Inscription: &c
Inscription: Thornhill
Inscription: Cupola St Paul's / Sir James Thornhill //
Inscription: Rob Farr Burll [?]
Inscription: d / b //
Inscription: Y 6
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