West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective

Artist and architect Thomas Ripley British
 Draftsman Isaac Ware British

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The drawing shows Houghton set within its park, with figures and dogs on the lawn in front and deer seen roaming the grounds behind. The title is framed in a cartouche at lower center with a perspective plan below. The image relates to Isaac Ware's and Thomas Ripley's book "The Plans, Elevations and Sections, Chimney-pieces and Ceilings of Houghton in Norfolk" (first published 1735; second edition 1755 with added "Description of the Pictures at Houghton" by Horace Walpole).

West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective, Thomas Ripley (British, ca. 1683–1758), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

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25.62.18r, West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective