A. Tod (fl. 1801-1805)

An elevation of Mr. Tassie's house, 20 Leicester Square, London

Details

A. Tod (fl. 1801-1805)
An elevation of Mr. Tassie's house, 20 Leicester Square, London
signed and dated, 'A. Tod, Architect. 1806' (lower right), and inscribed 'Elevation/ of Mr^r. Tassie's house/ &..., Liecester [sic] Square' (upper centre, with a cartouche) and annotated with scale (lower centre)
pencil, pen and ink, ochre, blue and grey wash, within the artist's black-line border, on paper
14 1/8 x 9 ¾ in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Wightman & Co., London (S1349)

Literature

H. Colvin, A Dictionary of British Architects, London, 1995, p. 982.

Lot Essay

Tod was a pupil of Robert Milne and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1801-1805. His designed included The West front of Gosford House {Haddingtonshire], a seat of the Earl of Wemyss (1800), A Mausoleum near Edinburgh (1801) , Villa at Norwood in Surrey (1803) and West front of a house intended to be built in Shropshire (1805).

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