Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The country house : (with designs) / edited by Lady Mary Fox.
Published / Created:
London : J. Murray, Albemarle Street, MDCCCXLIII [1843]
Physical Description:
viii, 65 p., 5 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A series of 12 letters between the architect, Alexis de Chateauneuf, and his prospective client, Sir Henry Bunbury, about the design of a country house. Included is a letter from Charles Eastlake on how the house should be decorated.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Country homes -- England -- Designs and plans. | Châteauneuf, Alexis de, 1799-1853 -- Correspondence. | Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860 -- Correspondence. | Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865 -- Correspondence. | Murray, J. -- Publisher. | Whittingham, C. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1843. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- Specimen -- 1843.
Contributors:
Châteauneuf, Alexis de, 1799-1853. | Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860. | Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865. | Fox, Mary, Lady, ed. | Jackson, John, 1801-1848, engraver. | Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, engraver. | Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903, engraver. | Gray, Charles, 1810-approximately 1845, engraver. | Moore, George Belton, 1805-1875, lithographer. | Day & Haghe, printer of plates.