Two Projects for the Earl of Ailsbury's House, Tottenham Park, Wiltshire, dated 1819 and 1820: The 1819 Project includes: Elevations of the North, South and East Fronts; General Plan and Elevation; and Designs for altering the Principal and Bed Chamber Storey; The 1820 Project includes: The Principal Floor with Alterations and Additions; the Bed Chamber Storey with Alterations and Additions; and A Design for the North-West Front
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Peter Frederick Robinson (1776-1858)
Two Projects for the Earl of Ailsbury's House, Tottenham Park, Wiltshire, dated 1819 and 1820: The 1819 Project includes: Elevations of the North, South and East Fronts; General Plan and Elevation; and Designs for altering the Principal and Bed Chamber Storey; The 1820 Project includes: The Principal Floor with Alterations and Additions; the Bed Chamber Storey with Alterations and Additions; and A Design for the North-West Front
all signed and extensively inscribed 'P F Robinson Archt./29 Brook Street.' further annotated with scale and the names of the rooms, dated variously Sept. 1819-April 24/20', and seven numbered 1-6 and 13; the majority pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, unframed
19¾ x 28in. (502 x 712mm.) and slightly smaller
with a survey of Tottenham Park circa 1818, by Hawtreys; Plans as executed from the office of Thomas Cundy; project for Tottenham Park dated 1823 from the office of Thomas Cundy; designs for inlaid floors, 1828 and 1831 by J. White; designs for a gardner's lodge May-June 1834, by George Goodwin; designs for an estate building, 1834, by W. Brewer; designs for enlarging a farmyard 1808 by Thomas Young; design for a rustic lodge, 1822, by E.B.; a project for an entrance gate circa 1760, in the style of Chambers; and designs for lamps by Hancock and Rixon. (35)
Two Projects for the Earl of Ailsbury's House, Tottenham Park, Wiltshire, dated 1819 and 1820: The 1819 Project includes: Elevations of the North, South and East Fronts; General Plan and Elevation; and Designs for altering the Principal and Bed Chamber Storey; The 1820 Project includes: The Principal Floor with Alterations and Additions; the Bed Chamber Storey with Alterations and Additions; and A Design for the North-West Front
all signed and extensively inscribed 'P F Robinson Archt./29 Brook Street.' further annotated with scale and the names of the rooms, dated variously Sept. 1819-April 24/20', and seven numbered 1-6 and 13; the majority pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, unframed
19¾ x 28in. (502 x 712mm.) and slightly smaller
with a survey of Tottenham Park circa 1818, by Hawtreys; Plans as executed from the office of Thomas Cundy; project for Tottenham Park dated 1823 from the office of Thomas Cundy; designs for inlaid floors, 1828 and 1831 by J. White; designs for a gardner's lodge May-June 1834, by George Goodwin; designs for an estate building, 1834, by W. Brewer; designs for enlarging a farmyard 1808 by Thomas Young; design for a rustic lodge, 1822, by E.B.; a project for an entrance gate circa 1760, in the style of Chambers; and designs for lamps by Hancock and Rixon. (35)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's 7 April 1992, lot 36
Further details
Until recently Tottenham Park housed a school for boys known as 'Hawtreys'