drawing;
architectural drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1881,0611.174
- Description
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South front of Sir Gregory Page's House on Blackheath; three-storey building in the classical style with a portico and steps curving round to left and r, with a balcony below roof extending along the front of the building
Pen and black ink and grey wash
- Production date
- 1767 (date print published)
- Dimensions
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Height: 234 millimetres
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Width: 355 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- According to H. Colvin ('A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840', 1995, p.539) the house was called Wricklemarsh and was designed by John James and built c.1724-27. It was demolished 1787-1800.
See: J. Brushe, 'An early Turner watercolour identified', 'The Burlington Magazine', January 1975, vol. 117, no. 862, pp.48-51, where 1881,0611.174 is identified as the drawing for plate 61 in 'Vitruvius Britannicus', vol.IV.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Vitruvius Britannicus, IV (plate 61)
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1881,0611.174