Plan and elevations for a draft lobby for the Entrance Hall to Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
possibly W. Bradwell
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1856 - circa 1860
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Measurements
414 x 544 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206247
Summary
Unknown architect [signature indecipherable]. Plan and elevations for a draft lobby for the Entrance Hall to Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, undated, inscribed '[...] Plan for a Second Door inside the Hall', pen and ink with pencil, mounted on conservation paper (414 x 544mm). Proposal for a draft lobby with a shell canopy for the entrance hall. The first part of the inscription, possibly 'W. Blaeshy' is indistinct. Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799 - 1873); bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 – 1976), daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3000 acres.
Marks and inscriptions
Left hand side: [...] Plan for a Second Door inside the Hall [signature indecipherable] Watermark: J.WHATMAN 1834
Makers and roles
possibly W. Bradwell, draughtsman
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.129, no. 280