1746
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1746 by William Kent, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Kent drew a grand house in Suffolk in 1746. It sits on a rise with wide steps up to the main floor. Fox hunters ride and run below the building. The house, called The Temple, was finished later in 1755. Kent planned it with another architect, John Vardy. This drawing shows an early idea before the final stairs were built. Look up the architect William Kent.
The drawing depicts the Temple, also known as the Banqueting House, located in the park at Euston Hall in Suffolk, with a fox-hunt scene in the foreground. The structure is shown as completed, though minor differences exist in the design of the stairs leading to the main floor. The building was commissioned by Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, and completed in 1746. While traditionally attributed to William Kent, the architectural drawing may have been executed by John Vardy.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary…
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