Alternative designs for the north front of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th baronet
attributed to James Paine the Elder (bap. c.1717 - 1789)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1759
Materials
Pencil, pen and wash
Measurements
251 x 386 mm
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109250
Summary
Attributed to James Paine the elder, Alternative designs for the north front of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th baronet, c. 1759. Elevation, with 2 attached fliers showing 3 alternative designs for the main block. Watermark (on second flier, part of a) rampant lion clasping arrows in a palisaded enclosure. Pencil, pen and wash (251 x 386).
Provenance
Attributed to James Paine the elder for Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale. By descent to Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale. Acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to the National Trust in 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
On second flier: part of a rampant lion clasping arrows in a palisaded enclosure
Makers and roles
attributed to James Paine the Elder (bap. c.1717 - 1789), architect
References
Harris 1987: Leslie Harris and Gervase Jackson-Stops (ed.), Robert Adam and Kedleston: The Making of a Neo-Classical Masterpiece, London 1987, No. 6; pp. 20-21