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VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS

COLEN CAMPBELL


WHITEHALL, LONDON, 1717
IN THIS REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF COPPER ENGRAVINGS,
COLEN CAMPBELL CAPTURED THE ARCHITECTURAL FLAVOUR OF
THE EARLY 18th CENTURY BRITISH GENTRY. THIS IS THE SECOND
VOLUME OUT OF FIVE OF THIS SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL
RENDERINGS, c1717. THIS IS ESTEEMED TO BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF BRITISH HOUSES THAT WAS
PRODUCED ON THE COPPER PLATE. IT IS OF NOTE THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THIS PRODUCTION HAD THE ROYAL WARRANT
INDICATING THEIR SKILL AS CRAFTSMEN. CAMPBELL BEING
BOTH THE DESIGNING ARCHITECT AND PUBLISHER OF THIS WORK
PARTNERED WITH THE GREAT ARCHITECT SIR JOHN VANBRUGH.
AS WELL AS HAVING ASSOCIATIONS WITH INIGO JONES,
NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR (FORMER CLERK TO CHRISTOPHER WREN)
AND THE ENGRAVER H. HULSBERG, CAMPBELL SET THE PALLADIAL STYLE
AS THE MOTIF OF CHOICE IN BAROQUE ENGLAND.

THE PRINT SIZES ARE 18" x 21" AND 11" x 18". THE PRICES REFLECT THE SIZES.


01
Lowther Hall, Westmoreland
C$750
02
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire
$750
03
Hoptone House, Linlithgow
C$750
04
Chiefden House, Orkney
C$750
05
Althorpe, Northampton
C$750
06
Hudson House, Surrey
C$450
SOLD
07
Castle Howard Front
$750
SOLD
08
Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire
C$450
09
Hotham House, Yorkshire
C$450
10
Longleat, Wiltshire
$750
SOLD
11
Burlington House, Pickadilly
$750
SOLD
12
Braman Park, York
C$750
13
Isle of Wight Proposal
C$750
14
Hampton Court, Hereford
C$450
15
Stainborough, Yorkshire
$750
SOLD
16
New Design
C$750
SOLD
17
Wilton House, Wiltshire
C$450
18
Bold-Hall, Warwickshire
C$450
19
Longleat, Wiltshire
C$750
20
New Design
C$750
21
Melvin House, Fife
C$450
22
Wilton House, Wiltshire
$750
23
Chester-Lee, Durham
C$450
24
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire
C$750
25
Church Design
C$400
26
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
C$750
27
The Logio, Wilton, Wiltshire
C$450
28
Wilton House, Wiltshire
C$750
29
Beddinton Place, Surrey
C$450
30
St. Peters Church, Rome
C$450
31
Dyrham House, Glouscester
C$450
SOLD
32
Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire
C$450
SOLD
33
Beddington Place, Surrey
C$450
34
Chatsworth Derbyshire
C$450
35
Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire
C$450
36
Proposal, Dorset
C$450
37
Longleat, Wiltshire
C$750
38
Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire
C$450
39
Cobham Hall, Kent
C$450
40
Proposal, Dorset
C$450
41
York Stairs to the Thames, London
C$375
42
Shobden Court, Hereford
C$450
43
Proposed House
C$450
SOLD
44
Proposed House, Dorset
C$450
45
Proposed House
C$450
SOLD
46
High Meadow, Gloucester
C$450
47
The Great Gate, Wilton
C$450
48
Section of the Salon, Wilton
C$450
49
Great Dining Room, Wilton
C$450
50
Castle Howard, Yorkshire
C$750
SOLD
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