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Seven Drawings of the Palace of Whitehall

Artist: Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723)

Location: All Souls College

Date: 1650 - 1723

Materials: pencil / pen

Grant:

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 1618 (1951)

Provenance:
Wren's son Christopher, 1749; third Duke of Argyll; Marquess of Bute.

Description:
1) elevation from Thames as proposed after the 1698 fire; 2) half plan of main palace; 3) pencil sketch for 2nd All Souls scheme; 4) elevational study for earlier Palace design; 5) plan for palace; 6) diagrammatic block plan; 7) plan of Chapel Royal.

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