Cross-section
George Steuart (c.1730 - 1806)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1782
Materials
Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Measurements
395 x 590 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607914
Summary
Pencil, ink and watercolour drawing by George Steuart, circa 1782. Cross-section of the unexecuted design involving a covered corridor across the central courtyard, linking the new house and the old Tern Hall. Massive portico entrance and three storeys visible. 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 (1745-1789), created 1st Baron Berwick in 1784. By descent Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, 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