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CAMPBELL, Colen (1676-1729)
[Wentworth Castle] The Elevation of Stainborough in Yorkshire the Seat of the Rt. Hon.ble the Earl of Strafford &c...
London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved on laid paper. . Plate mark: 10 x 19 inches. Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches.
From Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect"
Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. Noble country estates as grand as any in continental Europe appeared throughout the land. These are buildings of Classical formality and grandeur, implying familial and imperial permanence, vast, symmetrical palaces that preside over their surroundings.
Colen Campbell (1676-1729) was a descendant of the Campbells of Cawdor Castle in Scotland. As an architect, he favored the Palladian style and, through his own designs and withVitruvius Britannicus , helped establish it as the dominant style in great buildings, both public and private, in England.
Stainborough is actually known as Wentworth Castle, having been the residence of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The architect was Johan von Bodt, a German, which may account for some Baroque touches in the design.
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