Elevation of the north front of Kenwood, towards the court ; Elevation of the south front of Kenwood, towards the gardens / R. Adam, architect, 1768 ; T. Miller, sculpt. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Elevation of the north front of Kenwood, towards the court ; Elevation of the south front of Kenwood, towards the gardens / R. Adam, architect, 1768 ; T. Miller, sculpt. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Elevation of the north front of Kenwood, towards the court ; Elevation of the south front of Kenwood, towards the gardens / R. Adam, architect, 1768 ; T. Miller, sculpt.
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Kenwood, the house in Hampstead that Robert Adam remodeled for William Murray, the first Earl of Mansfield, is shown here from two sides in a single plate: the entrance front facing the court and the garden front facing the grounds. The engraving was published in 1774 in the second volume of the Adam brothers' *Works in Architecture*, a folio series that did much to spread the neoclassical style across Britain and beyond. Mansfield was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and the house became a showpiece of his taste and status. Look closely at the paired elevations to see how Adam varied the rhythm of windows and the classical ornament between the two faces of the same building.
| Created / published | 1774 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1770-1780. |
| Notes | In: The Works in architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires, vol. 1, no. 2, pl. 3. |
| Subjects | Mansfield, William Murray,--Earl of,--1705-1793--Homes & haunts. Mansions--England--1760-1770. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 919 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167390 |
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