Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753
Title:
Plans, sections, and elevations of Chiswick House and the Assembly Rooms, York.
Published / Created:
[England?], [approximately 1735?]
Physical Description:
11 prints in 1 volume ; sheets 50 x 70 cm, in volume 50 x 39 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
Each of the 11 prints is mounted on a stub, and folded in half.
Contents:
1. Chiswick, plan of the basement floor (engraved version of Harris no. 37) -- 2. Chiswick, plan of the first floor (engraved version of Harris no. 38) -- 3. Assembly Rooms, plan -- 4. Assembly Rooms, section -- 5. Assembly Rooms, elevation -- 6. Chiswick, elevation of the side front, facing the old house (engraved version of Harris no. 44) -- 7. Chiswick, elevation of the garden front (engraved version of Harris no. 46) -- 8. Chiswick, elevation of the entrance front (engraved version of Harris no. 43) -- 9. Chiswick, section through the Blue Velvet Room, Red Velvet Room and Round Cabinet Room on the side front to the garden (engraved version of Harris no. 55) -- 10. Chiswick, section through the Sculpture Gallery and Cabinets accross the garden front (engraved version of Harris no. 52) -- 11. Chiswick, longitudinal section through Portico, Tribunal Passage, Saloon and Sculpture Gallery (engraved version of Harris no. 51)
Subject Terms:
Chiswick House (Hounslow, London, England) -- Pictorial works. | Assembly Rooms (York, England) -- Pictorial works. | Classicism in architecture -- Great Britain. | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- London -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1735. | Etchings -- 1735.
Contributors:
Flitcroft, Henry, 1697-1769, draftsman. | Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, engraver.