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Design drawing for Lord Charlemont's medal cabinet - ornaments of the frieze, cornice and pilaster, and cross sections of the surface, pilasters, and doors of the cabinet (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1723-1796

Title

Design drawing for Lord Charlemont's medal cabinet - ornaments of the frieze, cornice and pilaster, and cross sections of the surface, pilasters, and doors of the cabinet (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1767 - 1768

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, grey wash, executed using a ruler (recto); pen and grey ink, executed using a ruler, all washed with black – residue from having been laid down perhaps? (verso), on laid paper; upper and lower left corners made up

Dimensions

Height: 49.8 cm
Width: 64.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1986.XX.6

Mode of Acquisition

Christopher Gibbs Ltd., Art Fund and V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1986

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



cornices



Related Works

Charlemont Medal Cabinet

Provenance

commissioned from the artist by James Caulfield, Lord Charlemont (1728-1799); at Charlemont House, Dublin until circa 1870; P.J. Walsh (Dublin, late 19th century); purchased there by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden (1847-1927), by 1895; Elveden House (Thetford, Norfolk) sale, Christie's (London), 21 May 1984, lot 843; purchased by Christopher Gibbs Ltd (London); purchased there by The Courtauld with the assistance of The Art Fund, V&A Purchase Grant Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund 1986

Exhibition History

Long-term loan to Britain Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 01/12/2024-30/11/2027

William Chambers - Architect to George III, National Museum & Stockholm & Sweden, 20/02/1997-20/04/1997

Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III, Somerset House & London & England, 10/10/1996-05/01/1997

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: “D & C BLAUW” (no exact match in Heawood, but Churchill dates Dirk Blauw & Co 1733-1827; Heawood 3268 is the same but with a “IV” beneath, and with this mark acting as the Countermark to the coat of arms, such as that appears on D.1986.XX.4, so perhaps these are the mark and countermark. Heawood 3268 is English paper c. 1769).

Inscription: Recto, all artist’s hand: upper right, brown ink: “the Same Ornaments as round the room / Surbase of the Medal Cases” and written vertically “face of the dado”; centre, brown ink: “frie[‘e’ superscript]ze Cornice and Pillaster of the Medal Cases”; right centre, graphite: “Surbase under the book Case”; lower centre, brown ink: “Profile of the Pillaster + doors of the Medal Case” and below that “fluting.”; lower left, brown ink: “G / face of the Wall”. Verso, all artist’s hand, but partially obscured by wash: upper centre, brown ink: “Section of the Study on […]”; centre, brown ink: “NB this door will not Come exactly in the middle of the room / its Situation will depend upon its place in the Library”.

Collector's mark: none.

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