West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective
Isaac Ware|Thomas Ripley
1735 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash · Drawings and Prints
The drawing shows Houghton set within its park, with figures and dogs on the lawn in front and deer seen roaming the grounds behind. The title is framed in a cartouche at lower center with a perspective plan below. The image relates to Isaac Ware's and Thomas Ripley's book "The Plans, Elevations and Sections, Chimney-pieces and Ceilings of Houghton in Norfolk" (first published 1735; second edition 1755 with added "Description of the Pictures at Houghton" by Horace Walpole).
- Artist
- Isaac Ware|Thomas Ripley
- Date
- 1735
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
