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possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet, for Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, West Wycombe Park: south front: design with broken segmental pediment at centre

Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
West Wycombe
Title(s)
West Wycombe Park: south front: design with broken segmental pediment at centre
Date
c.1747–51
Location
Framed, hanging in the Study, location 080 on Dashwood list, AP 25, Witt 941/31 (28)
Medium and support
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall height: 43.5 cm, Overall width: 70 cm
Artists
possibly Maurice-Louis Jolivet (fl.1750-1759), for Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766)
Catalogue Number
WW22
Inscription
  • Scale to 50 feet, plan of colonnade below

Description

The short projecting wings, shown in the plan, are not drawn in the elevation above it.

by Clare Hornsby

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