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Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto)
Architectural sketch (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto)
Architectural sketch (verso)

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: 30.3 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2269

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





Related Works

Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Preaching of Saint Paul at Athens (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Figure studies, including Josiah (?) (for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London?) Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) Preaching of Saint Paul at Athens (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London)

Provenance

B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), probably in 1927, with D.1952.RW.2266 and 2268; 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

Literature

English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 1974
cat. no. 39

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51

The Wren Society, 1940; XVII
pp. 11, 81
pl. XVIII

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, left centre edge, only lower tips of letters in upper line visible: "IHS / I VILLEDARY" (close match to, though larger than, countermark in Heawood 1809 - dated early 18th c?).

Inscription: &c

Inscription: Thornhill

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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