Title
The Belvidera After ye Antique : Vid Herodotu Pliny and M:Varo.
Creator
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736, artist, architect.
Publication details
1723
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and brown ink ; sheet 30.5 x 19.1 cm
Description
Plan for a square temple or belvedere at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Inscribed with title above image. Dated 1723 in Roman numerals on temple. Plans and elevation sketches on verso. Bears Amsterdam watermark.
Place
North Yorkshire (England)
Additional information
Kerry Downes suggests this drawing and that at Maps K.Top.45.18.l. are Hawksmoor's first designs for a belvedere at Castle Howard and are for a temple which is square in plan. The second designs Maps K.Top.45.18.g-i. are circular in plan.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.45.18.k.