| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | after Colen Campbell |
| Published | c. 1717 |
| Dimensions | Image 237 x 374 mm, Plate 251 x 378 mm, Sheet 277 x 440 mm |
| Notes |
A plates from Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus or, the British Architect. Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the most Regular Buildings both Publick & Private in Great Britain, published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. Title in English and French. Colen Campbell (1676-1729) was a Scottish architect and architectural writer. He is credited as a founder of the Georgian style. He is best known for writing Vitruvius Britannicus, which was published in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. (Further volumes were published by Woolfe and Gandon between 1767 and 1771). Vitruvius Britannicus was the first major English architectural work since John Shute's Elizabethan First Groundes. It contained engravings of English buildings by Campbell himself, Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren, and other prominent architects of the era. The success of the volumes was instrumental in popularising neo-Palladian Architecture in Great Britain and America during the eighteenth century. Condition: Damp stain to left margin, not effecting image. Some faint discolouration and foxing to top margin. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 36819 |