Title
[An elevation of a building at Gubbins or Gubions, Hertfordshire].
Publication details
[about 1770-1780]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with coloured wash ; sheet 16.8 x 24.4 cm
Description
An elevation of a small building with a porch on the ground floor; stairs to the left; glass windows on the first floor; a blue and white striped roof.
Place
Hertfordshire (England)
Additional information
One of three drawings of the same structure at Maps K.Top.15.64.a. - Maps K.Top.15.64.c. Gubbins or Gobions was owned by Jeremy Sambrook who commissioned James Gibbs to undertake additions to the property and grounds in around 1732. These drawings probably relate to a later phase of development and may depict a summer or garden house. The Bodleian Map, which depicts the plan of and some structures on the Gobions estate, does not show this building. Gobions was purchased by John Hunter in 1777 and the inscription on these drawings suggest that the building depicted was an addition made during his ownership and not from an earlier phase of development. See Rowe, Anne and Williamson, Tom, New Light on Gobions", 'Garden History', 40 (2012), 82-97."
Other persons
Hunter, John, approximately 1724-1802.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.15.64.c.