Peter Roberson, active 1958Commissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, BritishPrinted by Leonard Ripley & Company Ltd, British
Title:
Town and Country Houses
Date:
1961
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 7/8 x 24 15/16 inches (101.3 x 63.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In artist's hand, in black, beneath image, right: "Peter Roberson '61". 1) Beneath top image. In black type, left: "LORD BURLINGTON | 1694-1733". In large red type, center: "CHISWICK HOUSE"; continues in black italic type: "was designed by Lord Burlington as a setting for polite and learned conversation. After years | of neglect and misuse the finely stuccoed exterior and the sumptuous interiors by William Kent have been finally restored. | The domed saloon and the splended Velvet Rooms with encrusted gold-leafed ceilings and carved chimney pieces are hung | with treasures from the Devonshire collection at Chatsworth."; right: "Underground to Hammersmith, then bus 71". 2) Beneath middle image. In black type, left: "SIR THOMAS GRESHAM | 1519-1579". In large black type, center: "OSTERLEY PARK"; continues in black italic type: "today is the work of one great designer, Robert Adam. As at Kenwood, he worked on an existing | house, in this case Elizabethan and orginally built by Sir Thomas Gresham in about 1577. Begun in 1761, Adam's work | here spanned nineteen years. Almost every detail in his work - furniture, carpets, door mouldings, lock plates, even the burnished steel grates. The result is an astonishing and sustained magnfiicence."; right: "Underground to Osterley Green Line Coach 704, 705". 3) Beneath bottom image. In black type, left: "LORD MANSFIELD | 1705-1703". In large red type, center: "KENWOOD"; continues in black italic type: "is London's own country house. In a woodland setting some four miles from Piccadilly, it was built early | in the 18th century and acquired in 1754 by Lord Mansfield. Ten years later he employed Robert Adam at the height | of his power, to transform the house. The masterpiece is undoubtedly the Library. Kenwood is full of treasures - there is an excellent collection of pictures which includes a superb Rembrant Self Portrait."; right: "Underground to Archway or Goldens Green then bus 210"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965