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The Red Book for Ouston

Humphry Repton, 1792–1793

Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, Doncaster

11 pages of manuscript including drawings in watercolour, pen and ink, and a plan. Signed and dated 'August 28th 1792' and 'Feb 1793'. Contemporary calf gilt binding. Repton devotes most of his Red Book to a discussion of the correct siting of the house, a decision which if botched could make his job of landscaping the park doubly difficult.

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Title of artwork, date

The Red Book for Ouston, 1792–1793

Date supported

1984

Medium and material

Watercolour, pen and ink

Dimensions

22 x 28.5 cm

Grant

825

Total cost

3300

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