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YCBA/lido-TMS-13932
http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E22_Human-Made_Object
Human-Made Object
300033973
drawing
300078925
watercolor
300417318
architectural subject
300034787
Drawing & Watercolor-Architectural
Whitton House, Middlesex: Elevation of the East Front
Design for Whitton House, Middlesex
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "End Prospect of the House and offices Letter A"
Watermark: fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and W below
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
B1977.14.1139
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110162364
Not on view
Yale Center for British Art
41.3080060, -72.9306282
12 x 16 5/16 inches (30.5 x 41.4 cm)
width
cm
41.4
height
cm
30.5
Sheet
13932
300054713
production
Roger Morris, 1695–1749, British
ycba_actor_2381
http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500000592
https://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb0305
https://viaf.org/viaf/95684261
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370192
Roger Morris
Morris Roger, 1695–1749
Roger Morris, 1695–1749
Roger Morris, 1695–1749
British
1695
1749
male
300025103
Artist
300111159
British
between 1732 and 1739
1732
1739
22
18th century
Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
300011098
graphite
300014184
laid paper
300022452
pen
gray wash
black ink
13932
300157782
acquisition
Yale Center for British Art
ycba_actor_1281
YCBA
BAC
Yale Center for British Art
British Art Center
1977
0
300203630
Owner
1977
1977
1977
300138913
gift
This drawing is part of a set of designs for Whitton Place, Middlesex, a villa begun in 1731 by Roger Morris (see drawings B1977.14.1138–44). In 1722, Archibald Campbell, first Earl of Ilay, later third Duke of Argyll, acquired forty acres of Crown land at Whitton, a hamlet about eight miles west of London. An experienced gardener, Ilay cultivated the land with exotic trees and plants. He and his brother John, second Duke of Argyll, were active builders from 1714 and often turned to James Gibbs for their commissions, including the greenhouse and folly at Whitton. Rather than the Tory Gibbs, however, Ilay commissioned the Whig architect Roger Morris. The small house was built on a forty-five-foot square plan with small single-bay projections on each of the four walls. Contemporary reports describe the first floor as decorated in chinoiserie and the ground floor as a museum of curiosities. William Chambers lived at Whitton Place later in the century. The building was demolished in the mid-nineteenth century. --- ---
The side elevation is part of a set of drawings for a five-bay, three story house with a slightly shouldered plan and flanking office wings. The side elevation of Whitton Place shows the house behind one of the office wings. The wing is composed of two single-story pavilions flanking a tower. The house’s principal floor, mezzanine, and attic story are shown in the elevation, the principal floor demarcated by windows with full architraves.
--- --- Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2014
13932
300048722
Gallery label
2014
ycba_term_2036212
architectural subject
300124515
ycba_term_40004
exterior view
300005567
ycba_term_31358
country house
England
7002445
ycba_term_1875229
England
53.0000, -2.0000
Middlesex
7012288
ycba_term_1880160
Middlesex
51.5000, -0.4167
Europe
1000003
ycba_term_1816338
Europe
56.2000, 15.0160
United Kingdom
7008591
ycba_term_1872354
United Kingdom
54.0000, -4.5000
300055603
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
https://britishart.yale.edu
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
300055598
Public Domain
300435434
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
13932
300133025
Item
500303557
Yale Center for British Art
http://britishart.yale.edu
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13932
oai:tms.ycba.yale.edu:13932
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/v2/ycba/obj/13932
https://manifests.collections.yale.edu/ycba/obj/13932
IIIF manifest
Yale Center for British Art
500303557
Yale Center for British Art