On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Creator: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796

1. Drawing from the Madonna del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: between 1750 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black and brown ink and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 5/8in. (35.2 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Headfort House: Plan of the Cellar Story

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 24 7/16 inches (40.6 x 62 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Headfort House: Chamber Floor Plan

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 24 3/8 inches (40.5 x 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Headfort House: Alterations in the Cellar

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 5/16 inches (21.8 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Headfort House: Alterations in the Ground Floor

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches (15.9 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Headfort House: East Elevation of House, East Elevation of Offices, and Attic Story Plan

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 24 5/16 inches (40.5 x 61.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Monument to Shakespeare

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and pen and black ink, gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 9/16 inches (39.1 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire: Elevations and Details of a Gateway

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1760-1764
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 19 1/4 inches (30.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Design for Interior of a Mosque

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, with additional sheet affixed to verso
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 inches (18.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Title Plans to Headfort House

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/16 x 16 inches (61.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Headfort House, Ireland: Sections of the House and Offices

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 24 5/16 inches (40.3 x 61.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the North and South Fronts

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black and brown ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 24 3/16 inches (40.4 x 61.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Headfort House, Ireland: Plan of Principal Floor

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, watercolor and pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 24 3/8 inches (40.5 x 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 3/4 inches (32.1 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Design for Ceiling

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 9 3/8 inches (33 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Traité d'architecture : contenant les principes de l'art, cassines, mausolées, portes de Palladio, arcs de triomphe en cinquante-trois planches / par Chambers architecte du roi d'Angleterre, des Académies de Paris, Florence, Stockholm, &c. ; traduit de l'Anglais après la seconde édition par LeRouge, Ingénieur-Géogaphe du Roi.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: [not before 1815?]
Physical Description:: [1], 52 [i.e. 53] leaves : all illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew, in Surry : the seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales / by William Chambers ; member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King and to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLXIII [1763]
Physical Description:: [4], 8, 41 leaves of plates (some double) : illustrations, plans ; 53 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:: [4], vi, [1], 8-137, [1] pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils / engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:: [10], 19, [1] pages, XXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr. William Chambers. The second edition, with additions. to which is annexed, an explanatory discourse by Tan Chetqua, of Quang-chew-fu, gent.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: 1773
Physical Description:: 3 p. ., xi, [13]-163 p. 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensils des chinois : gravé sur les originaux dessinés a la Chine / par M. Chambers, architecte anglois ; compris une description de leurs temples, maisons, jardins, &c.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:: 30 p., XX leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture by Sir William Chambers ... with illustrations, notes, and an examination of Grecian architecture, by Joseph Gwilt ... rev. and ed. by W.H. Leeds.

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: viii, 336 p. incl. ill., plates. front. (port.) plates. 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:: [vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Drawing from the Madonna del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

2. Headfort House: Plan of the Cellar Story

3. Headfort House: Chamber Floor Plan

4. Headfort House: Alterations in the Cellar

5. Headfort House: Alterations in the Ground Floor

6. Headfort House: East Elevation of House, East Elevation of Offices, and Attic Story Plan

7. Monument to Shakespeare

8. The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire: Elevations and Details of a Gateway

9. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Design for Interior of a Mosque

10. Title Plans to Headfort House

11. Headfort House, Ireland: Sections of the House and Offices

12. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the North and South Fronts

13. Headfort House, Ireland: Plan of Principal Floor

14. Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey

15. Design for Ceiling

18. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

19. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils / engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.

20. A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr. William Chambers. The second edition, with additions. to which is annexed, an explanatory discourse by Tan Chetqua, of Quang-chew-fu, gent.

21. Traité des édifices, meubles, habits, machines et ustensils des chinois : gravé sur les originaux dessinés a la Chine / par M. Chambers, architecte anglois ; compris une description de leurs temples, maisons, jardins, &c.

22. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture by Sir William Chambers ... with illustrations, notes, and an examination of Grecian architecture, by Joseph Gwilt ... rev. and ed. by W.H. Leeds.

23. A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...