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possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet, after Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Hanover Square, London: elevation of a garden building with flanking archways

Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
West Wycombe
Title(s)
Hanover Square, London: elevation of a garden building with flanking archways
Date
c.1749–52
Location
Unframed, drawings chest outside Library, location 240 on Dashwood list, AP 133, Witt 941/6 (58)
Medium and support
Pen and pencil on paper
Dimensions
Overall height: 30.1 cm, Overall width: 28.5 cm
Artists
possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet (fl.1750-1759), after Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766)
Catalogue Number
WW60
Inscription
  • Measurements in pencil in French, in Servandoni’s hand

Description

Relating this drawing to WW59, it appears to show the existing building which gave access to the stableyard. It has precise measurements added, to assist in the design of a more elaborate building.
by Clare Hornsby

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