Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Holland, 1745–1806, British
Title:
Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune
Date:
ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over pen and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 28 1/4 inches (35.4 x 71.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "Carlton House, Section through the Portico, Hall & Tribune"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.640
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
statues | herms | urns | carriages | heraldry | mythology | Classical | festoons | balustrades | Corinthian order | Ionic order | porticoes | coffered ceilings | pilasters | columns (architectural elements) | halls | architectural subject | griffins
Associated Places:
Carlton House
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

The Architect and the British Country House (The Octagon Museum, 1985-11-05 - 1986-04-06)

The Architect and the British Country House (National Academy Museum & School, 1986-05-04 - 1986-06-20)

The Architect and the British Country House (High Museum of Art, 1986-08-03 - 1986-09-27)

British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
Publications:
George IV Art & Spectacle, Royal Collection Trust, London, fig. 5.7, N6767 .G46 2019 Oversize (YCBA)

John Harris, A Carlton House miscellany : William Kent and Carlton House Garden, Apollo, vol. 134, October 1991, p. 253, fig. 7, N1 .A255 Oversize (YCBA)

John Harris, The architect and the British country house, 1620-1920, American Institute of Architects Press, Washington, DC, 1985, p. 175, no. 50, NA7620 .H37 + Oversize (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 147, no. 125, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Eric R. Wolterstorff, British architectural drawings, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 1982, p. 14, no. 18, V 0251 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10090