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Christopher WrenNicholas Hawksmoor

John VanbrughJames Gibbs

Colen CampbellLord Burlington

William KentJames Flitcroft

the English Baroquethe English Baroquev v

the Palladian Revivalthe Palladian Revival

TALMAN & ARCHERTALMAN & ARCHER

Versailles, park front, in a contemporary paintingMUAS 11,461

Chatsworth, south front with the water parterre and Emperor Fountaincommercial slide CH 7

Chatsworth, east front by Talman, 1693, with cascadeMiles Lewis

St John's, Smith Square, by Thomas Archer, 1714St John's, Smith Square, by Thomas Archer, 1714--17281728Miles LewisMiles Lewis

St John's, Smith Square, detailsSt John's, Smith Square, detailsMiles LewisMiles Lewis

St John's, Smith Square, detailsSt John's, Smith Square, detailsMiles LewisMiles Lewis

St John's, Smith Square, tower; St Paul's Cathedral, London, by Christopher Wren, 1675-1710, detail of west towers

Miles Lewis, 14,986

NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR

St Vedast, Foster Lane,

1670-3: steeple 1694-7

Miles LewisDownes,

Christopher Wren, p 174

Steeple of St James's, Garlickhythe, by Wren's office, probably Hawksmoor, 1714-1717, and project for the steeple of St Augustine, Watling Street, by Hawksmoor, early 1690s

Downes, Hawksmoor, pp 60, 30

Design for the Provost's house, King's College, Cambridge, by Hawksmoor, 1712-13Downes, Hawksmoor, p 81

St Alfege, Greenwich, by Hawksmoor, 1712-1714, steeple by John James, 1730from a postcard

St Alfege: detail of the east end, andview of the west endMiles Lewis; MUAS 24,070

St Alfege: north elevation as designedDownes, Hawksmoor, p 111

St George-in-the-East, Wapping Stepney, by Hawksmoor, 1714-1717:original design for the west front, c 1714, & subsequent west tower

Downes, Hawksmoor, p 116; Pierre du Prey, Hawksmoor's London Churches (Chicago 2000), p 91

St George-in-the-East, south-east & north-east viewsMiles Lewis

St George-in-the-East tower & south-west door case

MUAS 24,473; Miles Lewis

St Anne, Limehouse, by Hawksmoor, 1714-1730: steeple,MUAS 24,472; Miles Lewis

St Anne, view from the south-west

Summerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 124

Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, by Hawksmoor, 1714-1729MUAS 24,474; Country Life, 14 November 1974, p 1426

St George, Bloomsbury, London, by Hawksmoor, 1716-27Miles Lewis; MUAS 2,224

St George, Bloomsbury, London, by Hawksmoor, 1716-

27: portico

Miles Lewis

St George, Bloomsbury & St Mary Woolnoth, interiorsMUAS 4,443; Ruffinière, Hawksmoor's London Churches, p 109, fig 60

St Mary Woolnoth, by Hawksmoor, 1716-1727: View, and niche on the north side

MUAS 2,223; Downes, Hawksmoor, p 119

SIR JOHN VANBRUGHSIR JOHN VANBRUGH

Goose Pie House, Whitehall, by John Vanbrugh, 1700-1, side wings added 1719Summerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 111

Castle Howard, Yorkshire, by John Vanbrugh, 1699-1712Summerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 114

Greenwich Hospitalfirst plan

Whinney, Wren, p 189

Castle Howard: planMUAS 2,013

Castle Howard: south or park frontSummerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 128A

Castle Howard, views

Brian & Hilary Lewis

Castle Howard, Temple of the Four Winds, by Vanbrugh, 1724-6Mark Girouard, Historic Houses of Great Britain (London 1984 [1979]), p 72

Castle Howard, the Pyramid, by Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor, 1728Downes, Hawksmoor, p 193

Castle Howard, the Mausoleum, begun 1729, by Hawksmoor: view with the house in the distance, in a painting by Hendrik de Cort

from a postcard

'Periptère', from Perrault's Vitruvius, 1673Mausoleum, Castle Howard

Downes, Hawksmoor, p 172

Mausoleum, Castle Howard; 'Temple of Vesta', Rome, AD 205, half elevation / section, by Palladio

Downes, Hawksmoor, p 172 ; Andrea Palladio [ed Isaac Ware], The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture (London 1738) IV, pl XXXV

The Belvedere, Claremont, Esher, Surrey, by Vanbrugh, c 1715-16; Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich, by Vanbrugh, 1717

George Mott & S S Aall, Follies and Pleasure Pavilions (London 1989), p 46; Miles Lewis

Vanbrugh Castle:plan & view

Nikolaus Pevsner, Studies in Art, Architecture and Design, I (London 1968),

p 111; Summerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 140A

Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, by Vanbrugh, 1720-9: north frontColen Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus (2 vols, London 1715 & 1717), I, p 20

Design for the Provost's house, King's College, Cambridge, by Hawksmoor, 1712-13Downes, Hawksmoor, p 81

Seaton Delaval, Northumberland,

by Vanbrugh, 1720-9:

views from the north

Rickitt Encyclopedia, nos33734. 33736

Seaton Delaval: planRickitt Encyclopedia no 33733

BLENHEIM PALACEBLENHEIM PALACE

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1705-24: Hensington Gate, probably by Hawksmoor, originally in the east garden

Miles Lewis

Blenheim Palace: side approach from the Hensington GateMiles Lewis

Blenheim, east gate of the

kitchen court, by Vanbrugh

Miles Lewis

Blenheim, Grand Bridge: Vanbrugh's design c 1708,

and as builtBlenheim Park and Gardens, p 10;

MUAS 24,469

Blenheimthe bridge and the

house

MUAS 22,635; Miles Lewis

Blenheim: aerial viewEdward Hyams, Capability Brown and Humphry Repton (London 1971), pl 5

Blenheim, the south front

Miles Lewis

Blenheimangled views

Miles Lewis

Blenheim: planMUAS 2,104

Castle Howard: planMUAS 2,013

Blenheimthe great court and entrance

portico

Miles Lewis

Blenheim: the east gate and tower to the courtyard

Miles Lewis

Blenheimthe east side of the great court

Miles Lewis

Blenheim: tops of the west towers of the main blockMiles Lewis

Blenheim, north tower of west

front

Miles Lewis

Blenheim: west (south-west) frontMiles Lewis

Seaton Delaval, by Vanbrugh, 1720-9: elevationColen Campbell, Vitruvius Britannicus (2 vols, London 1715 & 1717), I, p 20

Blenheim, the

Woodstock Gate, by

Hawksmoor, 1722-3

Downes,Hawksmoor, p 181

Under this stone, reader, surveyDead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay

Lie heavy on him Earth, for heLaid many a heavy load on thee

Abel Evans

JAMES GIBBSJAMES GIBBS

St Mary-le-Strand, London, by James Gibbs, 1714-17: in a view of the StrandSummerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 171A.

St Mary-le-Strand: from the west & interiorMiles Lewis; Bryan Little, The Life and Works of James Gibbs, 1682-1759 (London 1955), pl 3

St Mary-le-Strand from the south-eastMiles Lewis

Palazzo Branconio dall' Aquila, by Raphael, 1516-17 (demolished C17th) Murray, Italian Renaissance, p 147

St Mary-le-Strand; Sta Maria della Pace, Rome, by Pietro da Cortona, 1656-7Little, Life and Works of Gibbs, pl 2; Scala 9170 (1973)

St Mary-le-Strand, west front & five other designs for the steepleMiles Lewis; James Gibbs, A Book of Architecture

containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments (London 1739), pl 31

St Clement Danes: design for the steeple, by

Gibbs, 1719

Gibbs, Book of Architecture, pl 28

St Martin-in-the-Fields, round

design, by Gibbs, c 1720-1721

section & plan

Gibbs, Book of Architecture, pl 71

St Martin-in-the-Fields: rectangular plan, as builtLittle, Life and Works of Gibbs, p 73

St Martin-in-the-Fields: contemporary interior viewSummerson, Architecture in Britain, pl 146B

St Martin-in-the-Fields: interiorMiles Lewis

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Miles Lewis

St Martin-in-the-Fields: designs for the steepleLittle, Life and Works of Gibbs, pls 9, pl 29

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Miles Lewis

Chichely Hall, Buckinghamshire, by Francis Smith, 1719-23: an early schemeMarcus Binney, 'Chichely Hall, Buckinghamshire - I', Country Life, CLVII, 4050 (13 February 1975), p 380

Chichely

elevation of a further scheme

as built

Binney, 'Chichely Hall', p 380

Chichely; Schloss Flesheim, near Salzburg, first project by Fischer

von Erlach

Binney, 'Chichely Hall', p 380 J B Fischer von Erlach,

Historischen Architektur,1721

Chichely Hall: main entranceBinney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

Chapel of the Holy Crucifix,Vatican, by BerniniBinney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

Chichely Hall: windowBinney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

Palazzo del Grillo, Rome, entrance by Carlo Rainaldi

Binney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

Chichely Hall: garden doorBinney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

doorcase, Oratory of S FilippoNeri, Rome, by Borromini, 1637-52

Binney, 'Chichely Hall', p 381

Oratorio di San Filippo Neri, by Borromini, 1637-49engraving & view of the façadeBlunt, Borromini, p 97; Margaret Monk, 1985