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Sketches of sundry Buildings already Executed and Original Designs on Various Subjects

Thomas Hardwick, 1773–c. 1800

The designer was one of the relatively few professional English architects who studied in Italy. This album is a rare and possibly unique survival in its charting of an architectÂ’s developing skills as a designer over more than two decades. It shows how his style evolved under the influences of his earliest teachers, Sir William Chambers and Thomas Sandby, and his studies in Italy until he emerged as an independent architect in the 1780s. These drawings strengthen the collection of the designer's work in the archive, whilst adding greatly to the holdings of this important 19th century dynasty of architects as his son and grandson are already well represented.

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Title of artwork, date

Sketches of sundry Buildings already Executed and Original Designs on Various Subjects, 1773–c. 1800

Date supported

2012

Medium and material

Watercolour, pencil, pen & ink

Dimensions

24.5 x 37.5 x 4 cm

Grant

7000

Total cost

25000

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