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Whittell (William) Architectural survey of Hampton Court and Gardens in Herefordshire, ca. 1690s, …

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Whittell of Bodenham, Herefordshire (William, b. 1684, fl. 1705-9) Architectural survey of Hampton Court and Gardens in Herefordshire, ca. 1690s , plan with four elevations of the house in each corner, scale and compass in the lower centre, and with the Coningsby family coat of arms in the upper centre, pen and brown ink, watercolours, heightened with gold, 418 x 575 mm (16 3/8 x 22 5/8 in), laid onto paper support, vertical crease and associated splitting, various scuffs and areas of surface abrasion with possible conservation visible, unframed, [ circa 1700] Provenance: Commissioned by Thomas, Earl of Coningsby and his younger daughter, Lady Frances Coningsby 1698-1774; Collection of the Earl of Essex; Collection of Richard Arkwright Esq.; The Burrell Collection; Collection of Viscount Hereford, the then owner of the estate; Sabin Gallery, 1967; Collection of John and Eileen Harris Exhibited: Sabin Galleries, A Country House Portrayed: Hampton Court Herefordshire 1699-1840 , 1973, cat. no. 7, illus. pl. XI ⁂ Hampton Court in Herefordshire is one of the great houses of that county. The medieval house and its estate was purchased by Sir Humphrey Coningsby in 1510. His great grandson, Sir Thomas, made significant changes and developed the grounds in the early 17th century, but it was his great grandson King William lll's Paymaster General and Privy Councillor who transformed the house and gardens, circa 1690-1700. Not only that, he was sufficiently proud of his achievements to record these undertakings in large paintings by Leonard Knyff and John Stevens (now in the Paul Mellon Collection of British Art, New Haven), in these very rare drawings, and for the landed estate itself in the surveys bound into the Hampton Court Atlas (Herefordshire Archive and Record Centre). Coningsby (1656-1729), who was made Earl Coningsby by William lll in 1693, employed the Royal architect William Talman and the Royal gardener George London (both of whom had been engaged on the remodelling of Hampton Court Palace) to carry out the work. The former provided a new façade and a suite of rooms for the south front and the latter laid out the very extensive parterres and a series of avenues radiating into the landscape. The ground plan provides more details of London's planting as well as vignettes of the four aspects of the house, clearly showing Talman's alterations, especially on the southern façade. William Whittell is reputed to have come from the village of Bodenham, which is situated just south east of Hampton Court on the other side of the River Lugg.

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English School (18th century) View of an early Georgian country house, as yet as unidentified, …

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Richardson (George) Design for a neoclassical ceiling, brush and ink, pen and ink, [c.1770s]

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Woolfe (John, d.1793) Colworth House, Bedfordshire, with a design for the addition of the wings, …

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Spyers (James) Design for a Landscape Garden with Pond, watercolour, [c. 1780]

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English School (early 19th century) View of Maldivia House, Maldivia Gardens, St Helena, …

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Heaphy (Thomas) Portrait of an art collector or dealer, full-length, as yet unidentified, standing …

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Roos (Alexander) Perspective of Hadzor Hall, Worcestershire, built for J.H. Galton 1827, …

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Wyatville (Jeffry) Design for His Majesty George IV's private drive underneath the Western Bridge, …

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English School (19th century) The British Chapel, Moscow, watercolour, [ circa 1840s]

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English School (T.G.R, circa 1840s) Court House Farm and St Peter’s Church, Portishead, Somerset, …

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Cromek (Thomas Hartley, 1809-1873) Apartment in the Villa Chigi, Ariccia, Rome, 1846

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Rawlins (Thomas J.) View of front of Alton Towers, Staffordshire, watercolour, [1860]

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English School (19th century) Six studies of country houses by various hands, watercolours, [19th …

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Grandjean (Jean) Two Arcadian views in Rome: Porta Salaria, and Monte Cavallo, Quirinal Hill, …

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Piranesi (Francesco), Follower of. Roman bronze Bisellium stool, found at Pompeii and kept in the …

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Basoli (Antonio) Design for the side elevation of a private chapel, probably for a ceremonial …

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Spanish School (19th century) Theatre design with shop front, watercolour, [19th century]

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Bibiena Family (The), Manner of. Design for a stage set: the interior of a palace, watercolour, …

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