Designs for Wordesley Church, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, 1832: Variant elevations for the West Front, with plans of the entrances

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Lewis Vulliamy (1791-1871)
Designs for Wordesley Church, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, 1832: Variant elevations for the West Front, with plans of the entrances
one inscribed 'Plan of the Entrance' (lower centre) and 'Deo Gloria Patriae Decus.' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Elevation of the West Front of a Design for Wordesley Church.' (lower centre on the artist's mount) each lettered respectively 'A' 'B' and 'C' (lower centre on the mount)
pencil, grey and brown wash
19 1/8 x 12½ in. (48.8 x 31.8 cm.); 18½ x 12½ in. (47 x 31.8 cm.); and 18¼ x 12½ in. (46.5 x 31.8 cm.) (3)

Provenance

Sir Albert Richardson, K.C.V.O., P.R.A., F.R.I.B.A., I.S.A.; Christie's, London, 30 November 1983, lot 106.

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Lot Essay

This project was rejected, but Vulliamy's alternative Gothic design was executed in 1830-1.

For a note on the collection of Sir Albert Richardson, see lot 28.

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