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Drawings of London churches in the Bute Collection: a catalogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

John Summerson
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On 23 May 1951 a collection of 271 architectural drawings belonging to the5th Marquess of Bute was sold at Sotheby’s in thirty-five lots. Of these drawings, 108 (lots 1–17) were catalogued as relating to St Paul’s Cathedral, London churches, Whitehall or other works on which Sir Christopher Wren was engaged. Drawings for London churches comprised 59 drawings(lots 4–15)and these are the subject of the present catalogue. Lots 4–6 and 10–15 were among those acquired at the sale by the National Art Collections Fund and subsequently either resold to the RIBA at the saleroom prices or presented as a gift. Lots 7–9 were bought by Mr Merrit Ruddock and are now in the collection of Mrs Tweet Kimball of Sedalia, Colorado, USA. Photographs are in the Conway Library of the Courtauld Institute.

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Research Article
Information
Architectural History , Volume 13 , 1970 , pp. 30 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 1970

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1 Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of Important Architectural Drawings and Fine Old Master Paintings to be sold on 23 May 1951. Illustrated, with 5 drawings from the Bute collection.

2 Summerson, J., ‘Drawings for the London City Churches’, RIBA Jnl., Feb. 1952, pp. 126–129 Google Scholar.

3 A Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection…of Christopher Wren Esq…. together with the Collection of Drawings of Architecture of the late Sir Christopher Wren, his Father &c, to be sold by Mr Langford on 4, 5 and 6 April 1749. Two copies in Sir John Soane’s Museum. Relevant parts of an annotated copy are printed in Wren Soc. XX, pp. 78–80 Google Scholar.

4 Wren Soc., XX, p.80 Google Scholar.

5 ’Catalogue of the plans… of Sir Christopher Wren… in the Library of All Souls, Oxford’, Wren Soc., XX, pp. 1–33 Google Scholar.

6 A Catalogue of the Genuine Collection of Models, Casts, Prints, Books of Prints, and Drawings of Mr Francis Bird to be sold by Mr Langford on 30 April and 1, 2 and 3 May 1751. British Museum, ASP. 192. The discovery of this entry is due to Mr John Harris.