Academy building for the Society of Dilettanti: ground plan for the Academy
Francis Dashwood and Maurice-Louis Jolivet, 1752
Francis Dashwood and Maurice-Louis Jolivet, Academy building for the Society of Dilettanti: ground plan for the Academy, Folds closed
Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)
Francis Dashwood and Maurice-Louis Jolivet, Academy building for the Society of Dilettanti: ground plan for the Academy, Large folds open
Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)
Francis Dashwood and Maurice-Louis Jolivet, Academy building for the Society of Dilettanti: ground plan for the Academy, Small folds open
Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- West Wycombe
- Title(s)
- Academy building for the Society of Dilettanti: ground plan for the Academy
- Date
- 1752
- Location
- Unframed, drawings chest outside Library, location 240 on Dashwood list, AP 176a
- Medium and support
- Pen and ink with pencil on paper, coloured wash
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 57 cm, Overall width: 41 cm
- Artists
- Francis Dashwood (1708-1781) and Maurice-Louis Jolivet (fl.1750-1759)
- Catalogue Number
- WW51
- Inscription
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- Inscriptions in hand of Francis Dashwood: ‘to Hampstead’, ‘Cavendish Square’, ‘Great Court Yard’, all areas and rooms labelled; scale to 10 feet, some measurements marked
Footnotes
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Jason M. Kelly, The Society of Dilettanti and the Planning of a Museum (2012), online jasonmkelly.com /2012/03/27/the-society-of-dilettanti-and-the-planning-of-a-museum/ (accessed January 2018).
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