Dining Room
George Steuart (c.1730 - 1806)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1782
Materials
Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Measurements
390 x 590 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607913
Summary
Pencil, ink and watercolour drawing by George Steuart, circa 1782. Designs for the Dining Room at Attingham Hall, four walls indicating a cool neo-classical blue colour scheme. Card mount, glazed in giltwood frame, dentil border. Noel Hill's commission to George Steuart was placed as soon as his father died in 1782. Steuart, a Scotsman, had started work in London as a decorator but by 1770 had turned to architecture and was designing a town house for the Duke of Atholl - to the chagrin of Robert Adam. In 1779 he drew up designs for a house at Onslow, near Shrewsbury, for Noel's cousin Rowland Wingfield. During 1783 Steuart was also working on Noel Hill's London house in Portman Square.
Provenance
Commissioned by Noel Hill (1745-89) created 1st Baron Berwick, 1784. By descent Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the etate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Makers and roles
George Steuart (c.1730 - 1806), artist