The Designs of Inigo Jones Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Publish'd by William Kent, With some Additional Designs. The First [Second] Volume
This is a photograph of a book cover titled "The Designs of Inigo Jones". The cover features typography describing the contents of the book as consisting of plans and elevations for both public and private buildings, specifically for a first volume published in the year 1727 (M.DCC.XXVII). It mentions that the publication was managed by William Kent, detailing "with some additional designs". Below the text, there is an elaborate engraving featuring a portrait of Inigo Jones surrounded by decorative elements including two cherubic figures holding garlands.
Artwork Details
- Date
- published 1727
- Medium
- 2 volumes in 1: ill: engraved frontispiece by Bernard Baron after William Kent plus 97 engravings (68 full-page, 24 double-page, 5 folding, versos blank), 61 by Hendrik Hulsbergh after Henry Flitcroft, 24 by Pierre Fourdrinier after Flitcroft, 7 byJames Cole after William Kent, 2 by Fourdrinier after Kent, 2 by Antoine Herisset after Burlington Architects, 1 by Fourdrinier after Burlington Architects
- Dimensions
- 7327 × 11039 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
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