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Preparatory design for the south elevation of a domed church, intended for a site in Greenwich Park, on the axis of the Queen's House and the new Royal Hospital

Maker

(artist)
1661-1736

Title

Date of Production

1690 - 1699

Medium

graphite on wove paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 49.3 cm
Width: 35.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1961.XX.2.7

Mode of Acquisition

Geoffrey F. Webb, gift, 1960

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This is a variant proposal for a massive chapel at Greenwich. 'Elevations' are directly frontal views, projected onto a single vertical plane, parallel to the picture plane. They can show an existing, or, as in this case, proposed building; they usually contain little or no suggestion of depth. Drawn to scale they enable the architect to study the geometric proportions of a building, although they are not easily read by non-architects.

Provenance

John Edmund Gardner (1819-1899); by descent to his son; purchased from him en bloc by Major Sir Edward Coates (1853-1921), 1910; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 1-5 May 1924, probably lot 2232 (18 items); purchased there by B.T. Batsford (London) (£5.5 for all 18); purchased there by Professor Geoffrey Webb (1898-1970), circa 1927-28; Webb Gift 1960 Provenance detailed by Kerry Downes in the file for D.1961.XX.2.1.

Exhibition History

Hawksmoor, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 23/03/1977-01/05/1977

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

Hawksmoor: an exhibition of models, drawings and recent photographs, organised in conjunction with the Hawksmoor Committee's campaign for preserving Christ Church, Spitalfields and St. Anne's, Limehouse, 4 St James's Square, London, 1962 ...More

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 19

Downes, Kerry, Hawksmoor, 1959

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, centre: "IHS / IVILLEDARY" [Several generations of papermakers called Jean Villedary operated in Vraichamp, Beauvais and La Couronne mills in the Angoumois from 1668 to 1758 (Churchill 1935, p. 21.). Although Villedary worked the mills from 1668, the use of the full name, rather than the IV initials appears to date from the 1690s (Voorn 1960, p. 542).]

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: IHS / IVILLEDARY // [Several generations of papermakers called Jean Villedary operated in Vraichamp, Beauvais and La Couronne mills in the Angoumois from 1668 to 1758 (Churchill 1935, p. 21.). Although Villedary worked the mills from 1668, the use of the full name, rather than the IV initials appears to date from the 1690s (Voorn 1960, p. 542).]

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite, hard to read: "x Four [?]"; lower right, graphite: "83".

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