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Susan Weber (Editor)
Description: William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain
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Note: Kent’s paintings, book illustrations, and sculptures are grouped under the main headings “Paintings and drawings”, “Book illustrations”, and “Sculpture, monuments, and memorials.” Life dates are given for the primary figures mentioned in the text and many others as well.
Absolutism, 51, 77, 89, 184
Accademia degli Arcadi (Rome), 92
Accademia di San Luca (Rome), 68, 90–91, 98, 139
Act of Succession (1534), 47
Act of Union (1707), 48, 183
Adam James (1732–1794), 245, 409, 597–99
Adam John (1721–1792), 187, 205, 216
Adam, Robert (1728–1792), 124, 174, 216, 234, 245, 409, 513, 516, 527, 529, 597–99, 599, 600
Addison, Joseph, 556
Adelaide (Queen), 307
Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum (Bellori), 550
Aeneas, 95, 97–98, 126, 127, 137, 139, 188, 189
Aeneid (Virgil), 127, 428
Aeolus, 126, 421
Aikman, William (1682–1731), 26, 64, 68, 117, 141, 189, 191
Albano, Francesco, 289
Albemarle, Anne van Keppel, Countess of (1703–1789), 56
Albemarle, Christopher Monck, second Duke of (1653–1688), 565
Albemarle, George Monck, first Duke of (1608–1670), 45, 57. See also Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Albemarle Street house (London), 177
Alberoni Sarcophagus, 223
Albert (Prince), 307
Alessi, Galeazzo, 69
Alexander the Great, 58
Alexander VIII (Pope), 92
Alfred (King), 78–80, 291, 312
Allen, Kim, 309
Allerton Mauleverer House (Yorkshire), 230–32, 231
All Souls College (Oxford), 247, 248, 249
Almond, William, 174, 176
“Altar of the Saxon Gods.” See Boringdon House
Alwalton Lodge (Cambridgeshire), 266
Amelia (Princess), 57–58, 173, 407
Amherst, Alicia, 8
Amigoni Jacopo, 307
Ammannati, Bartolomeo, 320
“Ampiteater of Palladio”. See Teatro Olimpico
Ancient Rome, 35, 54, 72, 123, 127, 214, 273, 284, 368, 377, 379, 384, 465, 470, 478, 529, 535. See also Britannia Romana
Anecdotes of Painting (Walpole), 1–2
Anglo-Palladianism: country houses and villas, 185–86, 190–91, 193, 195, 205, 208–10, 212, 217, 220–21, 223, 228, 232
furniture, 449, 462, 469, 471, 474, 482, 490, 500, 505, 508, 511
Italian influence in, 99
Kent’s role in, 31
landscape architecture, 371
late 1800’s view of, 3
patronage and, 72, 76, 78, 81
public commissions, 315, 341, 355
royal commissions, 286
town houses and, 166, 177. See also Burlingtonian Palladianism
Anne (Queen, 1665–1714), 47–50, 52, 271, 465, 561–62, 568, 577
Anne (Princess, 1709–1759), 75, 77, 282, 282–83, 286. See also Wedding of William and Anne
L’Antiquité expliquée (Montfaucon), 559
“Apollo of Arts,” 5, 72, 185–86, 195
Apollo Presenting the Liberal Arts to Jupiter and Juno (van Honthorst), 133
“Arcadia,” 92, 374, 414–15, 597
Archer, Thomas, 347, 408
Architectural designs: country houses, villas, and lodges, 183–241
drafting style, 151–59
Gothic Revival, 247–69, 301
public commissions, 315–63
royal commissions, 277–97
town houses, 161–81
unrealized projects, 232–34
Architectural History (journal), 184
Architecture in Britain 1530 to 1830 (Summerson), 5
Arch of Constantine (Rome), 189
Arch of Titus (Rome), 455
22 Arlington Street (London), 2–3, 5, 35, 75, 132, 136, 137, 158, 161, 171–74, 172, 176–79, 178, 232, 257, 589, 593–94, 604–5
Artari, Giuseppe, 129
The Artist and the Country House (Harris), 5
Arundel, Alethea Howard, Countess of, 89
Arundel, Thomas Howard, second Earl of, 511
Arundel, Thomas Howard, twenty-first Earl of, 89
Arundel Collection, 102, 190
Arundell, Richard (Surveyor-General, 1696–1758), 29, 31, 40, 67, 71–73, 75, 82, 161–62, 179, 230, 232, 277, 326
Arundell of Wardour, Henry Arundell, sixth Baron (1694–1746), 232
Arundell of Wardour, Henry Arundell, eighth Baron (1740–1808), 232, 594
Asgill House (Surrey), 594
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), 229–30
Ashton, Leigh, 308–9
Aske Hall (Yorkshire), 265, 409, 409, 593
Assembly Rooms. See York Assembly Rooms
Audran, Claude, III (1658–1734), 132
Augusta of Saxe Gotha (Princess of Wales, 1719–1772), 34, 56, 294, 542
Augustan poetry, 413
Augustus Caesar, 76
Aurora (Guercino), 137
Aurora (Reni), 137
Bacon, Francis, 605
Badminton House (Gloucestershire): architectural design, 223–24, 224
furniture, 451
garden buildings and landscape architecture, 83, 265, 373, 387, 387, 388, 406, 406, 407
Gothic Revival, 260
Great Hall, 224
Great Lawn, 158
Hollybush House, 266
remodeling, 186, 348
Worcester Lodge, 4, 37, 158, 173, 177, 224–26, 225–26, 228–29, 232–33, 387, 388, 407, 407, 589
Wright and, 232, 589
Baldwin, Robert, 594
Ballin, Claude, II, 542
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, fifth Baron, 306–7
Bank of England, 47–48
Banqueting House, Gibside (Tyne and Wear), 593, 593
Banqueting House (Whitehall, London), 50–51, 78, 141, 223, 281, 336
Barbaro, Daniele, 218
Barbet, Jean, 191
Barkley, Harold, 7
Barlow, William, 174, 176–77
Barnard, Sir John, 79
Baron, Bernard, 418
Baroque: country houses and villas, 183, 189, 191, 195
furniture, 449–50, 452–53, 455–56, 458, 462–63, 465, 470–71, 474
Gothic Revival and, 255, 288
Kent’s affinity for, 80
metalwork, 535, 538, 543, 545
painting, 94–95, 112, 114–17, 119, 142, 144
political culture and, 51
Shaftesbury on, 90
silver and metalwork, 529, 540
Thornhill and, 31
town houses, 161, 173, 176
Wren and, 29. See also French baroque; Roman baroque
“Baroque-Gothic” churches, 249
Barrett, John Bryant, 590
Barrett-Lennard, Thomas, 247
Barrington Park (Gloucestershire), 406, 406–7, 409
Barry, Charles, 355, 604
Bartoli, Francesco, 101–2
Barton, John, 306
Basilica di San Clemente (Rome), 96
Basilica of Maxentius (Rome), 329, 509
Basilica Palladiana (Vicenza), 205
Basnett, William, 306
Bassano, Jacopo, 274–75
Bateman, John Bateman, second Viscount, 264
Bateman, Richard (Dicky), 264
Bateman wedding chest (Moore the Elder), 465, 465
Baths of Caracalla (Rome), 329, 342
Baths of Constantine (Rome), 101
Baths of Titus (Rome), 123
Baxter, Frank, 188
Bayning, Charles Townshend, first Baron, 221
Beard, Geoffrey, 7–8, 470, 481
Beaufort, Charles Noel Somerset, fourth Duke of (1709–1756), 82, 158, 223, 407, 451, 589
Beaufort, Henry Somerset, seventh Duke of (1792–1853), 179
children of, 451
Beaufort, dukes of, 49–50
Beauties of Stowe (Bickham), 581
Beccafumi, Domenico di Pace, 93
Bedwell, Francis, 306
The Beggar’s Opera (Gay), 56
Behrens, Balthasar Friedrich (1701–1760), 297, 531, 532–34, 535–37
Belisarius (Rosa), 205
Bell, Henry, 196
Benazech, Peter Paul, 382
Benson, Martin (Bishop of Gloucester), 263–64
Benson, William (1682–1754), 119, 271–72, 277
Bentley, Richard, 595
Bérain, Jean (the Elder, 1640–1711), 132, 463, 535, 535, 536, 537, 541, 542,577
Berkeley, George (Bishop of Cloyne, 1685–1755), 573
44 Berkeley Square (London), 2–3, 35–37, 57, 82, 132, 137, 158, 160, 161–62, 162, 166–67, 169, 172, 173, 173–77, 175, 179, 509, 572, 581, 594, 598
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598–1680), 91, 527, 550
Bertie-Guest, Ivor, & later Lord Wimborne, 605
Berwick, James Fitzjames, first Duke of, 49
Beverley Minster (Yorkshire), 248
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome), 97
Bickham, George (the Elder, 1684–1758), 283
Bickham, George (the Younger, ca. 1706–1771), 274, 394, 396, 398, 581
Bill of Rights (1689), 46
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (Colvin), 4, 184, 220
Birch, Thomas, 37, 441
Bird, Francis (1667–1731), 556–57, 559, 571, 574
Birrell, Andrew, 266
Blackerby, Mr., 351
Black Prince. See Edward the Black Prince
Blake, William, 413
The Blazing Comet (Johnson), 33, 34
Blenheim, Battle of, 569
Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire), 52–53, 187, 189–90, 212, 254, 451, 474, 566–69, 567–68, 581
Blickling (Norfolk), 187
Blomfield, Reginald, 3
Bloomingdale’s apartment (New York), 605
Blore, Edward, 561–62
Blunt, Anthony, 9, 480
Board of Works. See Office of Works
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Viscount (1678–1751), 48, 78, 328, 425–26, 572
Bologna, Italy, 93–94, 112
Bond Street (London), 32, 39, 73
Bonnie Prince Charlie. See Charles Edward Stuart
Book illustrations, 9, 413–47
The Captives (Gay), 434, 436
Dione (Gay), 414–16, 415
Don Quixote (Cervantes), 430, 434, 436–37, 436–37
The Dunciad and The Dunciad Variorum (Pope), 368, 378, 426–29, 427–30
Fabbriche Antiche disegnate da Andrea Palladio (Palladio & Burlington), 34, 35, 155, 328–29, 342, 427, 553, 574, 591
Fables (Gay), 5, 59, 413, 416–19, 417–19, 470, 491, 492, 508, 508, 513, 553
The Faerie Queene (Spenser), 2, 5, 7, 37, 155, 228, 249, 249, 251, 285, 311–12, 373, 413, 437–38, 438–40, 441, 540, 545, 580
“Four Scenes of Hare Hunting” (Wootton), 418
Gerusalemme Liberata (Tasso), 435
The Odyssey (Pope translation), 37, 95, 102, 125–26, 210, 275, 311, 311, 366–67, 373, 396, 413, 416, 418–29, 420, 422–23, 425, 449, 456, 470, 491, 496, 501, 553, 561
Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan), 434, 434
Poems on Several Occasions (Gay), 37, 412, 414–16, 415, 419
Poly-Olbion (Drayton), 252, 371–72, 433–34
Rural Sports (Gay), 414
Seasons (Thomson), 9, 54, 413, 430, 430–33, 432, 437, 559
The Shepherd’s Week (Gay), 415, 416. See also Designs of Inigo Jones (Kent)
Designs of Inigo Jones and Others (Ware)
Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent (Vardy)
Book of Architecture (Gibbs), 550, 573
Boringdon House (Devon), 177, 219, 219, 234, 597, 597
Boscowan, Admiral Edward, 187
Boson, John (ca. 1696–1743), 1, 8, 170, 170, 244, 245, 290, 291, 468, 470, 506, 507, 511, 512, 561, 574, 579
Boulle, André Charles, 463, 465
Boyle, Charlotte Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington, & later Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, and sixth Baroness Clifford, 1731–1754), 30, 40, 399
portrait (Kent), 140, 141
Boyle, Dorothy (Lady Burlington). See Burlington, Countess of
Boyle, Dorothy (daughter of Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington, & later Dorothy Fitzroy, Countess of Euston, 1724–1742), 39, 57, 156, 156
Boyle, Richard. See Burlington, third Earl of
Boyle, Robert (1627–1691), 78, 284, 374, 557
Boynton Church (Yorkshire). See St. Andrew’s Church (Boynton)
Boynton Hall (Yorkshire), 33, 64, 82, 191, 575
Brackett, Oliver, 7
Bramante’s Tempietto (San Pietro in Montorio), 415
Brettingham, Matthew (the Elder, 1699–1769), 35, 182, 212, 212, 228, 401, 592, 592
Brettingham, Matthew (the Younger, 1725–1803), 217–18, 401, 462, 481, 592
Brettingham, Robert, 594
Bretton Hall (Yorkshire), 27, 64, 82
Bridgeman, Charles (d. 1738), 284, 291, 373, 382, 383, 397, 405
Bridgewater House (London), 604
Bridlington (Yorkshire), 27–28, 63, 111, 191, 247, 393, 470
Bridlington Priory (Yorkshire), 248, 393
Brigham, Nicholas, 556
Brindley, John, 37
Britannia Romana, 72, 78, 185, 189, 196, 309, 375, 449, 550, 575
The British Architect. See Vitruvius Britannicus British Library (London), 212, 223
British Museum (London), 97, 253, 433, 575
Brocket Hall (Hertfordshire), 594
Bromley, Henry. See Montfort, first Baron
Brown, Peter, 474
Bruce, Charles Bruce, Viscount (1682–1747), 38, 157, 191, 477, 509
Bruce, Juliana Bruce, Viscountess (sister of Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington), 38, 191, 477
Brydges, Cassandra. See Chandos, Duchess of
Brydges, James. See Chandos, first Duke of
Buccleuch, dukes of, 7, 49
Buckingham, John Sheffield, first Duke, monument, 559
Buckingham House (now Palace, London), 594
Buckler, John Chessell, 167
Buckley, Samuel, 425
Buildings of England series (Pevsner), 184
Bunning, J.B., 307
Bunyan, John, 434, 434. See also Book illustrations
Burlington, Dorothy Boyle, Countess of (Lady Burlington, 1699–1758): Chiswick design and, 30
drawing by, 153, 154
French decorative arts and, 463
furniture of, 465, 505
Grafton and, 58, 228
on Kent’s character, 81
Kent’s relationship with, 38–39, 173, 399, 407
Kent’s will and, 40
as lady of Bedchamber to Queen Caroline, 49, 56, 72
marriage of, 31
purchases from Kent’s estate, 82
sketch of Lady Burlington in her Garden Room, 477, 477, 507. See also Chiswick House
Burlington, Juliana Boyle, Dowager Countess of, 115, 291
Burlington, Richard Boyle, third Earl of, & fourth Earl of Cork (Lord Burlington, 1694–1753): Anglo-Palladian revival led by, 5, 99
as architect, 31, 81, 155, 191, 228; 30
Burlington Street house and, 320
change of politics to Opposition, 294
Chiswick House, 131, 177, 193, 199, 377
collaboration with Kent, 5–6, 35, 156, 163–64, 514
collection of architectural drawings of, 153, 233, 327, 341, 346, 371, 394, 450, 462, 553
Designs of Inigo Jones and, 326, 416
Dormer and, 258, 405
Flitcroft and, 157, 188, 590
Frederick’s commissions to Kent and, 286
French decorative arts and, 463
furniture acquired in Italy, 462
furniture design and, 480
Garrett and, 592
as Gay’s patron, 416
Holkham Hall design and, 401, 592
honors and titles accorded to, 50, 72
Houses of Parliament project and, 330, 330, 332, 334, 355
as influence on Kent’s style, 2, 4, 80–81, 234, 368
in Italy with Kent, 68, 94, 102–3, 195, 393–94
Jacobite leanings of, 48–49
Kensington Palace and, 275
Kent as painter for, 29–31, 366
Kent correspondence with, 39–40
Kent’s character and, 37, 185–86
Kent’s early relationship with, 28–31
Kent surpassing, 9
Kent’s will and, 82
library furniture and, 505
Londesborough Hall and, 187
monuments and memorials, 557, 563, 574–75, 575
Morris and, 220
national British architecture and, 337
patronage of, 63, 68–69, 144, 184, 221, 277, 414, 549
Pope and, 54, 208, 330, 396
on Pope’s relationship with Kent, 367
portrait (Richardson), 62
publication of Palladio’s designs (See Book illustrations)
Richards and, 305
Richmond House and, 480
Royal Barge and, 307, 310
sculpture and, 563
Southcote and, 378
Tottenham Park and, 477
Trench and, 424
urban design of, 319
Westminster Abbey and, 571
Windsor designs and, 348
York Assembly Rooms and, 349, 571
York Minster and, 261. See also Book illustrations; Burlington House
Chiswick House; 31–34; Old Burlington Street
Burlington family, 82, 184
3–5 Burlington Gardens (London), 161
Burlington House (London): architectural
design, 161, 164–66, 234
Banquet of the Gods ceiling, 70, 470
Burlington House, London (Kip, after Knyff), 165
courtyard of (artist unknown), 165
façade, 551
furniture, 492
gardens, 162
Gateway, 278–80
Gay residing at, 103, 416
Great Room painting scheme, 69
Great Staircase, 602
inventory (1770), 492
Italian influence in, 164
Kent frames and, 243
Kent residing at, 1, 29–30, 102–3, 115, 416
Library, 394
paintings, 71, 115–16, 115–17, 126, 141, 144, 186
remodeling of, 551, 601–2, 603
sculptures, 394, 550–51
Secretary’s Room, 116, 164
side rooms, 163
Taste, or Burlington Gate (artist unknown), 166
Burlingtonian Palladianism, 99, 151, 173, 598
30 Burlington Street (London), 320
Burn, William, 179
Burrell, William, 210
Burton, Decimus, 602
Bushnell, John, 566
Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, third Marquess of (1847–1900), 494
Bute, John Stuart, third Earl of (1713–1792), 542, 600
Butler, Elizabeth, 30, 31, 40–41, 58
Butterfield, William, 527
Caesar, Anthony, 291
Calvert, Charles. See Baltimore, fifth Baron
Cam, Rose, 306
Cambridge University Library, 226
Campbell, Colen (1673–1729), 30, 32, 35, 56, 71, 81, 117, 119, 122, 161, 164, 166, 177, 183, 185–86, 190–91, 196, 196–97, 199, 201, 209–10, 212–13, 223, 232, 234, 272, 277–78, 305, 320, 330, 394, 551, 571, 598, 601, 605
Campbell, Peter, 5
Campbell family, 49
Canaletto, Antonio, 179, 224, 224
Cannons (Middlesex), 68, 117, 151, 394, 450
Cant, Esther, 27
Cant, Esther. See Pearson, Esther
Cant, William, 27, 191
Caravaggio (1571–1610), 94
Carlisle, Charles Howard, third Earl of (ca. 1669–1738), 202, 307, 329, 592
Carlton Gardens (London), 605
Carlton House (London): architectural design, 228, 292
gardens and garden buildings, 34, 79–80, 292, 292, 366, 375, 377, 382, 399, 409
Gothic Revival, 291–92
interior design, 3
Octagon temple and Bagnio, 1, 34, 80, 228, 291, 292, 375, 397, 399, 406
sculptures, 580
subsequent rebuilding and demolition, 294
A View of the Garden &c., at Carlton House in Pall Mall (Woollett), 292
Carnarvon, Henry Brydges, Marquess of, & later second Duke of Chandos (1708–1771), 50
Carolean style, 130
Caroline (Queen of George II, 1683–1737), 416
coronation of, 277, 277, 554, 554
death of, 271, 566
Esher visit by, 402
falling out with Frederick, Prince of Wales, 54–55, 293–94, 303
Hampton Court and, 280
as Hanoverian monarch, 48–51, 55–59
interest in English history, 249, 285–86
Kensington Palace, Drawing Room, 275, 276
metalwork for, 527, 537–38
patronage of, 34–35, 45, 78–82, 139, 296–97, 398, 434, 437
portrait of (after Kneller), 47
sarcophagus for, 566
Windsor terrace for, 348. See also Richmond Gardens; St. James’s Palace, Library
Caroline (Princess, 1713–1757), 58, 173
Caroline Wilhelmina, 47, 48. See also Caroline (Queen of George II)
Carr, John, 267, 602
Carracci, Annibale (1560–1609), 94–95, 99, 99, 101, 112, 115, 121, 137
Carrousel des Galants Maures (Versailles), 577
Carter, John, 266, 326, 602
Carteret, Lord. See Granville, second Earl of
Castell, Robert, 208, 368
Castiglione, 179
Castle Donington (Leicestershire), 221
Castle Hill (North Devon), 220, 266
Castle Howard (Yorkshire), 212, 346, 394, 401, 593, 595
Castlemaine, Richard Child, Viscount, & later first Earl of Tylney (1680–1750), 30, 68, 117, 190, 195, 474, 483
A Catalogue of British Drawings for Architecture, Sculpture and Landscape Gardening in American
Collections, 1550–1900 (Harris), 5
Catherine the Great, 201
Catholics, 46–49, 77, 89–90, 184, 195
Cato the younger, 97, 97
Cattermole, Richard, 274, 283
Cavendish, Evelyn. See Devonshire, Duchess of (wife of ninth Duke)
Cavendish family, & dukes of Devonshire. See Devonshire
Cervantes, Miguel de (1547–1616), 430, 434, 436–37, 436–37. See also Book illustrations
Chambers, William (1723–1796), 161, 166, 191, 212, 216, 218, 266, 287, 287–88, 290, 312, 355, 407, 469, 477–78, 475, 516, 527, 594
Chancellor, E. Beresford, 80, 171, 177
Chandos, Cassandra Brydges, Duchess of (1670–1735), 50, 57, 450
Chandos, James Brydges, first Duke of, & Earl of
Carnarvon (1673–1744), 30, 50, 52, 57–58, 65, 68, 117, 288, 450
Chandos estate sale catalogue (July 1747), 450
Chantrell, Robert Dennis, 173
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (Shaftesbury), 64, 90, 92, 424, 424, 426
Chargate (later Claremont, Surrey), 397
Charles I (King, 1600–1649), 45, 50–51, 64, 89, 123, 196, 250, 271, 274, 562, 577
Charles II (King, 1630–1685), 45–46, 49, 58, 213, 297, 318, 565
Charles Edward Stuart (“Young Pretender,” “Bonnie Prince
Charlie,” 1720–1788), 48, 52
Chatsworth (Derbyshire): Attic Sale (2010), 502–3, 509, 515
Burlington Corridor, 507
Chapel Corridor, 513
Chiswick furnishings sent to, 601
Devonshire House furnishings sent to, 605
Devonshires’ use of, 170
furniture, 7, 458, 477–78, 481, 484, 487–88, 494–97, 500–504, 509, 511, 513
garden buildings, 372, 408, 408
Great Chamber, 503
Great Dining Room, 501–2
Lady Charlotte Boyle portrait (Kent), 140
Library, 463, 505, 507, 516
Mercury Landing, 516
Painted Hall, 495, 503–4, 509
Sabine Room, 503
South Sketch Gallery, 477, 515
State Music Room, 477
West Sketch Gallery, 476, 479, 496–97, 502, 513
Chaucer monument (Westminster Abbey, London), 556, 563
Cheere, Sir Henry, 559
Chéron, Louis, 31, 433
Chester, Sir John (1666–1725/26), 66, 82, 92, 95, 101, 111, 114, 129, 137, 187–88, 590
Chester Cathedral (Cheshire), 573, 573
Chetham, Humphrey, 92, 100
Chiari, Giuseppe (1654–1727), 28, 66, 68, 91–92, 95–96, 96, 112, 115, 119, 121, 141, 151
Chicheley Hall (Buckinghamshire), 82, 96, 115, 119, 129, 186–90, 195, 590
Mercury Watching Herse and Her Sisters Before the Temple of Minerva, 114, 114
Chichester Council House (West Sussex), 329
Child, Richard. See Castlemaine, Viscount
Chinese design (Chinoiserie), 264, 290, 370, 378, 405, 470, 590
Chiswick House (London): architectural design, 169, 184–85, 185, 186, 191–95, 192, 199, 207–8, 210, 212, 219, 223, 228, 233–34, 552
Bagnio, 387, 394, 418
Blue Velvet Room, 131–32, 133, 135, 144, 177, 192, 193, 195, 226, 456, 476, 495, 495, 505, 506
Bollo Brook, 399
Burlington Lane Gate, 38, 38
Cascade, 377, 377
characterization of style of, 4, 56, 263, 368
chimneypiece, 31, 32, 153, 480
Deer House, 394, 602
Dining Room, 497, 593
Dome Room (Octagon or Tribunal), 130, 460, 461, 484, 487, 487 495, 509
Elysium, 394
Exedra, 6, 376, 377, 399, 578–79, 579
female mask with Corinthian order headdress, in anteroom of Gallery, 192
furniture, 4, 8, 81, 454, 456, 458, 460, 460, 462–63, 465, 468, 469, 471, 475–76 475–77, 480–82, 484, 485–87, 487, 490, 492, 494–97, 495–96, 502, 503, 505, 511, 513, 513, 515–16, 515–16
Gallery, 456, 461, 462, 494, 496–97, 513
Gallery ceiling, 131
Garden Room (Summer Parlour), 30, 132, 191, 244, 476–77, 477, 505, 506, 507, 511, 512–13, 513, 538, 574
gardens and garden buildings, 5, 34–35, 38, 81, 291, 371, 376, 394, 398–99, 400, 407, 409, 577, 578–80, 579
Green Velvet Room, 131, 233, 463, 475–77
influence of, 3, 34, 394, 596, 598
inventory (1770), 463, 465, 477, 496–97, 505–7, 509, 511, 513, 515–16
inventory (1863), 465
Italian influence on, 102
Jonesian interior style of, 81
Kent frames and, 244, 245
Kent landscape drawing, 400
Kent residing at, 29–30
Lady Burlington in her Garden Room, 477, 477, 507
Lady Burlington’s bedroom, 290, 482, 490
Library, 476, 476, 505, 506–7, 507, 509, 509
Link Building, 157, 214, 292, 601
Masonic symbolism, 48
obelisk, 38, 38
orangery, 373, 376
Owl Suite, 244, 477, 507
paintings, 116–17, 126, 131–33, 141–42
Red Closet, 476
Red Velvet Room, 131, 132, 233, 475, 515, 515
saloon, 243
sculptures, 551, 551–52, 579
View of Chiswick Villa from a Balcony above the Cascade (Lambert), 185
West Saloon, 494, 513
White’s alterations, 601, 601
Christ Church (Oxford), 247, 249
Churchill, Arabella, 49
Churchill, John. See Marlborough, first Duke of
Churchill, Sarah. See Marlborough, Duchess of
Church of England, 45–46, 48
Church of Scotland, 47
Chute, John, 247, 595
Cicero, 377
Cignani, Carlo, 93
Cinquecento, 93, 112
Circe with Ulysses and His Companions (Parmigianino), 97
Citizen of the World (Goldsmith), 566
City and Country Workmen’s Treasury (Langley & Langley), 516
Civil War (1642–49), 45–46, 48, 89–90, 328
Clare, Lord. See Newcastle, first Duke of
Claremont (Surrey): architectural design, 75, 225
Bowling Green Temple, 154, 155, 394
gardens and garden buildings, 5, 35, 55, 371–73, 371–73, 377, 382, 382, 394–97, 395, 397, 399, 405, 408–9
political patronage and, 76
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, first Earl of (1609–1674), 328
Clarendon House (Piccadilly, London), 161
Clarke, Samuel, 285, 374, 557, 581
Clary, John. See MacClary, John
Classical style, 5, 29, 31, 80, 144, 184, 251, 253, 257, 259, 261, 263, 370, 379, 387, 438, 458, 500, 528, 545
Claude Lorrain (1604–1682), 139, 155, 217, 289, 416, 438, 577
Claudius, 78
Clay, Charles, 325
Clayton, Robert (Bishop of Clogher), 325
Clement XI (Pope), 96
Cleopatra, 139
Clerk, James, 594
Clerk, John, 190–91, 594
Clermont, Andien de, 132, 595
Cleveland, Elizabeth Palmer, Duchess of, 73
Cleveland House (now Bridgewater House, London), 604, 604
Cleyn, Frances, 483
Clinton, Catherine. See Lincoln, Countess of
Clinton, Henry Fiennes. See Lincoln, ninth Earl of
Cliveden (Buckinghamshire), 297
Cluedo (Clue), 234
Coal Exchange (London), 307
Cobbet, Richard, 174
Cobham, Richard Temple, first Viscount (1669–1749), 54, 72, 78–79, 133–35, 206–7, 250, 277, 284–85, 293, 398–99, 575, 577, 581
Codrington, Lady, 177
Cohen, Ralph, 9
Coke, Margaret. See Leicester, Countess of
Coke, Thomas. See Leicester, first Earl of
Coke, Thomas (of Melbourne) (1674–1727), 31, 70, 119, 121
Cole, William, 220
Coleshill House (Berkshire), 277
Collins, Captain Grenville, 309
Colonna, Maria Mancini, 452, 490
Colonna Palace. See Palazzo
Colonna Colvin, Howard (1919–2007), 4–5, 33, 184, 220, 232, 257, 264, 316, 329, 331, 339–40, 343, 352, 394
Common Sense (anonymous), 78
Commonwealth period, 89–90
Compton, Spencer. See Wilmington, first Earl of
Compton Place (Eastbourne), 305, 474, 494
Concorso Clementino (Clementine Competition), 91–92, 98, 112
Conduitt, John, 557, 559
Congreve, William (1670–1729), 556. See also Sculpture, monuments, and memorials.
Continental models, 449, 528, 542, 605
Convent of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice), 216–17
Cooper, Anthony Ashley. See Shaftesbury, third Earl of
Copley, John Singleton, 515
Corbould, Richard, 266
Corelli, Arcangelo, 92
Corinthian, 117, 176, 193, 214, 218, 234, 328–30, 336, 342, 497, 569
Cork, fourth Earl of. See Burlington, third Earl of
Cornacchini, Agostino, 550
Cornforth, John (1937–2004), 4, 8, 184, 211, 483
Correggio (ca. 1489–1534), 94–95, 112, 137
Corsi, Luca, 91
Cortona, Pietro da (1596–1669), 94
Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642–1723), 91
Cotton, John Hind, 76
Cotton, Sir Robert, 329
Cottonian Library, 329, 332, 334–38, 336, 341, 343
Council of the Gods, 126
The Country Journal, 307
Country Life, 3–5, 176, 184, 187, 477, 487–88, 494, 496, 501, 605
Court of Chancery (Westminster, London), 260, 343, 352
Court of Common Pleas (Westminster, London), 353
Court of King’s Bench (Westminster Hall, London), 2, 260–61, 261, 343, 352
Court of Requests (Westminster, London), 326–28, 334–35, 339–41, 343–44, 346–47, 350–51, 354–55
Courts of Justice (Westminster, London), 344, 344, 353, 353–54
Covent Garden Theatre (London), 563
Coventry, Anne Coventry, Countess of, 82, 223
Cox, Trenchard, 8
Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 434, 436
Crace, John Gregory (1809–1889), 170–71, 602, 603
Craggs, James: monument, 556–57, 563, 571
Crandley, William, 306
Crespin, Paul, 539–40, 540, 543
Cribb, William, 501, 501, 504, 504
A Critical Review of the Publick Buildings. in, and about London and Westminster (Ralph), 337
Croft-Murray, Edward, 8, 111, 144
Cromwell, Oliver (1599–1658), 45–46, 565
Croome Court (Worcestershire), 594, 598
Crutcher, Ralph, 174
Culloden Tower (Richmond, Yorkshire), 265
Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of (1721–1765), 52, 251, 251, 281, 416
Cunningham, Allan, 3, 469
Cunningham, Peter, 3
Cure, George, 306
Curll, Edmund, 428
Curzon, Nathaniel. See Scarsdale, first Baron
Dahl, Michael, 119
Daily Courant, 425
Daily Post (London), 497, 564
dal Pozzo, Cassiano (1588–1657), 102
Dalton Park (Yorkshire), 394, 395
Damer, Joseph. See Dorchester, first Earl of
D’Arcy, Sir Conyers, 265, 409
Dashwood, Sir Francis, 595
D’Avenant (agent of Brydges), 117
The Da Vinci Code (movie), 554
Dawson, Robert, 172, 174, 176–77
De architectura (Vitruvius), 218
Death of Cleopatra (Domenichino), 97
The Death of the Earl of Chatham (Copley), 515
Decker, Matthew, 33, 187, 202, 483
Decoration in England from 1660 to 1770 (Jourdain), 4
Decorative Painting in England (Croft-Murray), 111
Deene Park (Northamptonshire), 191, 574
The Defence of Scutari (Veronese), 131
Defoe, Daniel, 189, 223
Delvaux, Laurent, 550, 559
Denmark House. See Somerset House
Dennis, John, 427
Désaguliers, Jean-Théophile, 557
Description of Easton Neston (Fairfax), 190
Designs of Inigo Jones (Kent), 31, 56, 71, 71–73, 82, 151, 161, 164, 188, 193, 195, 199, 205, 209, 243, 321, 326–27, 368, 394, 416, 423, 475, 513, 590–91, 595–96
Designs of Inigo Jones and Others (Ware), 33, 151, 191, 207, 369, 394, 395, 580, 591, 595–96
Devall, John, 174
Devis, Arthur, 74
Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of, 478
Devonshire, William Cavendish, first Duke of (1640–1707), 167
Devonshire, William Cavendish, second Duke of (1672–1729), 155, 170
Devonshire, William Cavendish, third Duke of (1698–1755), 73, 170, 408, 478, 502, 516
Devonshire, William Cavendish, fourth Duke of, & Marquess of Hartington (1720–1764), 30, 170, 177
Devonshire, William Cavendish, fifth Duke of (1748–1811), 602
Devonshire, William George Spencer Cavendish, sixth Duke of (1790–1858), 170, 478, 501–3, 505, 601–2
Devonshire, William Cavendish, seventh Duke of (1808–1891), 474
Devonshire, Victor Cavendish, ninth Duke of (1868–1938), 171, 502, 605
Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish, twelfth Duke of (b. 1944), 169
Devonshire House (London): architectural design, 4, 161, 162, 167–71, 168–69
ballroom, 482
East Drawing Room (dining room), 169, 170
furniture, 7, 283, 290, 458, 459, 469, 477–80, 479–80, 487–88, 492, 496, 500–503, 501–3
as influence, 3, 602, 604–5
inventory (1811), 507
inventory (1892), 475, 479
Kent frames and, 245
Library, 155, 170, 170–71, 505, 507–8
as primary residence, 170
sale and demolition (1920 & 1924–1925), 1, 470, 605
saloon (formerly Grand Entrance Hall), 168–70, 170, 245, 479, 502–3, 603
Diana (Princess of Wales), 318
Diana and Actaeon (Dughet), 95
Diana and her Nymphs (Domenichino), 137
Diana and her Nymphs (Maratti & Dughet), 137
The Dictionary of English Furniture (Gilbert & Beard), 8
Dictionary of National Biography, 3, 184
Digby family, 265
Diocletian windows, 172, 174, 224, 266, 280, 329, 402, 594
Disegni Diversi (Giardini), 450, 451
Ditchley Park (Oxfordshire): architectural design, 184, 186–87, 188, 188–90, 194–95, 207
decorative scheme, 126–27, 126–27, 139
entrance hall, 188
furniture, 7, 462, 491, 491–92, 496, 599
Kent frames and, 243, 245
north wall of hall, 151, 153
remodeled, 604, 606
sale of contents (1933), 605
White Drawing Room, 590, 591
Doge’s Palace (Venice), 132
Domenichino (1581–1641), 95, 97, 97, 137, 139, 274, 289
Donington Hall (Leicestershire), 221, 572
Don Quixote (Cervantes), 430, 434, 436–37, 436–37. See also Book illustrations
Dorchester, Joseph Damer, first Earl of, & Baron Milton, 265–66
Dorchester House (London), 177, 265–66, 604
Doric, 35, 164, 278, 286, 319–21, 378, 406, 414, 513, 580
Dorigny, Nicolas, 69
Dormer, Lieutenant General James (d. 1741), 32, 135, 216, 221–22, 222, 258, 260, 370, 387, 405, 418, 504, 580
Dormer, Robert (the Elder), 258
Dormer family, 384
Dorset, Thomas Sackville, first Earl of (1536–1608), 450
Dorset, Lionel Sackville, seventh Earl & first Duke of (1688–1765), 514
Dorset House (London), 514
Downing, Sir George, 166
10 Downing Street (London), 75, 166–67, 167, 172, 316, 319, 323, 473, 474
Downs, Joseph, 477
Dr. Faustus, 429
Drake, Sir Francis, 79, 261, 312, 563, 570–71
Drawings by William Kent from the Print Room Collection (exhibition), 7
Drayton, Michael (1563–1631), 252, 371, 433–34. See also Book illustrations
Drayton Hall (South Carolina), 596
Dryden, John: monument, 556
Dublin Parliament, 48, 50, 218
Dubois, Nicholas, 277, 326
Duck, Stephen, 286, 537
Dughet, Gaspard (1615–1675), 66, 95, 137, 139, 416, 438, 577
Dugood, William, 96
du Guernier, Louis, 416, 433, 437
Dutton, Sir John (1683/4–1742/3), 205, 487–88
Eagle motif, 189, 421, 423, 471, 477, 481, 495–96, 569, 600
Eagle Star Group, 5
Early English style, 247–48
Early Georgian Interiors (Cornforth), 4, 184
Early Tudor, 221, 223
Eastbury (Dorset), 394
East India Company, 47, 117, 169
Easton Neston (Northamptonshire), 49, 67, 189, 189–90, 572
Eboracum (Drake), 261, 570, 570, 571
Eccardt, John, 73
Eclogues (Virgil), 415
Edmead, Madeline, 7
Edward III (King), 277, 283
Edward the Black Prince (Prince of Wales, 1330–1376), 79–80, 291
Edwards, Edward, 595
Edwards, Ralph, 481
Edwards, Thomas, 91
Egerton, Francis. See Ellesmere, first
Earl of Egmont, John Perceval, first Earl of (1683–1748), 64, 76, 80
Egyptian designs, 460, 462
Electors of Brandenburg, 48
Electors of Hanover, 47
Electors of Saxony, 48
Elizabeth I (Queen, 1533–1603), 89, 285, 371, 375, 405, 563, 572
Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, first Earl of, 604
Encyclopedia of English Furniture (Brackett), 7
Endymion, 127, 130, 176
“English Augustanism,” 368
English baroque, 449, 465
English Connoisseur (Martyn), 187
The English Garden (Mason), 437
English Heritage, 355, 438, 490, 515
English history: Queen Caroline’s interest in, 249, 285–86
Royal Barge’s references to, 312. See also Stowe, Temple of British Worthies
English Renaissance, 449
Entwurff einer Historischen Architektur (von Erlach), 405
Ernest Augustus (Elector of Brunswick–Lüneburg, 1629–1698), 47
Esher Place (Surrey): architectural design, 209–10, 214, 220–21, 223, 225, 234, 249, 252–55
baroque character of, 177
Belvedere, 402, 404
Bishop Waynflete’s Tower, 253, 255, 371, 379
chimneypiece and overmantel, 255, 256, 500
Chinese ornamentation, 564, 370, 405
compared to Stowe, 404
demolition of, 1
Fishing Temple, 381, 402, 402
furnishings, 256, 257, 500, 500
gardens and garden buildings, 35, 155, 155, 252, 264–65, 291, 373, 378, 380–81, 382, 388, 401, 403–4, 404, 408–9
Gothic style and, 2, 34, 253–57, 254–56, 258, 280, 380, 401–2, 500, 593, 595
Grotto, 381, 397, 402, 403
Hermitage, 381, 402, 404
influence of, 595
interior design, 255, 256
ogees and, 248, 266
paintings, 140
payment for, 257
Pelham family’s sale of, 255
Pelham portrait in study at (circle of Devis), 74
Pelham’s purchase of, 55
plans of (1707 vs. 1737), 381
political patronage and, 75, 77
royal tent design, 403, 404
Thatched Cottage, 381, 402, 404
Tower, 382
Tudor influence and, 171, 248
Wright and, 157
An Essay towards Preventing the Ruine of Great Britain (Berkeley), 573
Este, Alfonso & Isabella d’, 132
Este, House of, 286
Etloe House (Leyton), 266
Etty, John, 261
Eugene (Prince), 575–77, 576
The Eunuch (Terence), 136
Euston, George FitzRoy, Earl of (1715–1747), 57
Euston Hall (Suffolk): architectural design, 187, 223, 225–29, 233–34
Banqueting House or Temple, 164, 225–26, 227, 397
gardens and parklands, 35, 373, 386, 405, 409–10
paintings, 73
sculptures, 387
Evelyn, George, 223
Evelyn, John (1620–1706), 157, 167, 169, 223, 471
Evelyn, Sir John, (1682–1763), 223
Evening Post. See London Evening Post
An Exact Draught and View of Mr. Pope’s House at Twickenham (Parr, after Rysbrack), 209
Excise Bill (1733), 76, 133, 209, 293, 328
Exeter, John Cecil, fifth Earl of (1648–1700), 90
Eye-catchers, 260, 260, 265, 265, 384–87, 385, 405
Fabbriche Antiche disegnate da Andrea Palladio (Palladio & Burlington). See Book illustrations
Fables (Gay). See Book illustrations
The Faerie Queene (Spenser). See Book illustrations
Fagan, Joseph, 92
Fairfax, Bryan, 78–79, 190
Family Compact with Spain (1733), 79
Family of Darius before Alexander (Veyrier), 207
Fane, Charles Fane, first Viscount (1676–1744), 561
Fane, John. See Westmorland, seventh Earl of
Fane, Mary Fane, Viscountess (1686–1762), 561
Farnese, Elizabeth, 94, 94, 101, 112
Faulkner, Thomas, 3, 487, 513
Fede, Count Anton Maria, 91
Felbrigg (Norfolk), 187, 516
Female influence in George II’s court, 55–59
Fergusson, James, 3
Fermor, Thomas. See Pomfret, first Earl of
Ferrara, Italy, 93
La Festa d’Imeneo (Porpora), 34
Fetherstonhaugh, Sir Matthew, 516
Fiddes, Richard (1671–1725), 27–28
Filleigh Church (Devon), 266
Finch, Daniel. See Nottingham, second Earl of
Finch, Henry (Surveyor-General, ca. 1694–1761), 316
Finch, (Cecelia) Isabella (1700–1771), 35–36, 57, 82, 173–76, 285, 581. See also 44 Berkeley Square (London)
Fischer, Johann Hinrich, 529, 531
Fish scale motifs, 455–56, 474
Fitz Clarence, Admiral Adolphus, 308
Fitzjames, James. See Berwick, first Duke of
Fitzroy, Charles. See Grafton, second Duke of
Flitcroft, Henry (1697–1769), 31, 71, 76, 114, 151, 157, 163, 166–67, 177, 185, 188, 188, 189, 198, 199, 205, 206, 207, 219, 245, 264, 326, 329, 394, 470, 496, 566, 589–91, 591, 596, 599–600, 605
Florence, Italy, 29, 91–94, 102, 112, 185–86, 449
Foggini, Giovanni Battista (1652–1725), 449, 536, 550, 577
Foggini, Vincenzo, 91, 101
Fontana, Carlo, 550
Foots Cray Place (Kent), 593
Fortuna Virilis (Roman temple), 116
Foundling Hospital (London), 57
Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), 29, 65, 81, 94, 99, 394, 462
Fourdrinier, Paul (1698–1758) 34, 35, 130, 135, 135, 142, 163, 211, 212, 277, 296, 296, 321, 416, 417–18, 418–19, 420, 422–23, 425, 428, 430, 491, 508
Fox, Charles James, 324
Fox, Henry. See Holland, Henry Fox, first Baron of Frames. See
“Kent” frames France, 29, 91, 102
Frederick (Prince of Wales, 1731–1736): architectural commissions of, 33–34, 79–80, 135, 167, 186, 228, 286–94
Asian art as interest of, 290
chair of state for, 7, 289, 289–90
death of, 50
furniture for, 283, 454
Hervey and, 58
Kensington Palace and, 277
landscape architecture and, 375, 377, 399
metalwork commissions, 527, 540–42
The Music Party: Frederick, Prince of Wales with his Three Eldest Sisters (Mercier), 293
patronage of, 79, 398
relationship with King George II and Queen Caroline, 54–55, 293–94, 296–97, 303. See also Royal Barge; White House at Kew
Freemasonry, 48, 132
French baroque, 449, 463–65, 528, 535, 542
French Bourbon dynasty, 47
French régence, 132
French rococo, 245, 465, 528, 590. See also Rococo
Fresco, 141, 193
Friedman, Terry, 7
Furnese, Henry, 223, 407
Furniture, 7–8, 32, 449–525
baby carriage, 516, 517
beds, 490, 490
brackets, 508–11
cabinets, 455, 455
chandeliers, 297, 531, 532, 535
color use, 462–63
console tables, 455–56, 455–57, 458, 460–61, 468, 491–92, 492, 501, 504, 599–600, 604, 605
early
works, 470–71
firescreens, 515, 515
French baroque, 463–65
Georgian baroque, 469–525
hall furniture, 482–89
influence of, 599–600
library furniture, 505–8, 509
mirrors, 454
motifs, 452–58, 465
organ cabinet, 470, 470, 600
pedestals, 458, 458, 463, 495, 511–12, 511–13
Roman foliate forms, 456, 471, 474–75, 488, 490, 492, 496–97, 501, 504–5, 515
seating forms, 455–56, 457–58, 458, 471–82
symmetry of, 458–59
table ornament, 456
tables, 490–505
tabletops, 461, 461–62
tapestry hangings, 476, 490
wall sconces, 514–15. See also Eagle motif
specific houses
Gabburri, Francesco Maria Niccolo, 91
Gainsborough, Thomas, 366
Gale, Samuel, 65
Galerie des Glaces (Versailles), 343
Galilei, Alessandro, 69, 451
Galla Placidia, 93
Gardens and garden buildings, 264–65, 285, 393–411, 596–97. See also Landscape architecture; specific houses and locations
Garrett, Daniel (d. 1753), 264–65, 409, 592–93, 593
Garrick, David (1717–1779), 57–58
Garter Star, 283, 288, 291, 305, 310, 319
Garth, Samuel, 432–33
Gascoigne, Sir Edward, 451
Gay, John (1685–1732), 1, 32, 37, 56, 58–59, 65, 103, 405, 412, 414–19, 434, 436, 470. See also Book illustrations
Gemmingen, Countess, 50
General Advertiser, 1, 563
A General History of England (Tyrrell), 371
Genoa, Italy, 29, 69, 102, 185, 195, 393, 449, 463
Genre pittoresque, 528
Gent, Thomas, 570
Gentleman’s and Builder’s Repository (Hoppus), 596, 596
The Gentleman’s Magazine, 296, 329
The Gentlemens or Builders Companion (Jones), 516, 517, 596
George I (King, 1660–1727), 29, 31, 48–52, 77, 119, 121, 123, 202, 271, 277, 286, 550, 566, 575
statue (Cambridge University, Cambridgeshire), 575, 576
George II (King, 1683–1760): architectural commissions of, 33–34, 77–79, 119, 278, 398
Burlington’s relationship with, 71
coronation of, 277, 277, 554, 554
falling out with Frederick, Prince of Wales, 54–55, 293–94, 296–97, 303
Family of George II (Hogarth), 56
Hampton Court and, 280
Houses of Parliament project and, 323, 337
Kent as portrait painter for, 140
on Kent’s character, 81
metalwork for, 452, 527, 529, 531
mistresses of, 55
portrait (Kent), 44, 82
royal court of, 45–61
sarcophagus for, 566
Treasury Building and, 325
Westminster organ and, 562. See also George Augustus; Kensington Palace; Royal commissions; Royal Mews
George III (King, 1738–1820), 49, 51, 312, 531, 542
George IV (King, 1762–1830), 51, 294
George (Prince, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, & later George III), 290
George Augustus, 47, 77, 277. See also George II (King)
Georgian baroque, 449, 469–525
Georgian Britain, 145, 271, 283, 303, 449
Georgian Group, 601
Georgian Group Journal, 184
Georgian style, 3–4, 124, 161, 273, 296, 508, 601
Georgies (Virgil), 414
Gerbier, Balthasar, 205, 205, 487
Gerusalemme Liberata (Tasso), 434, 435. See also Book illustrations
Gervase, Charles, 307
Giardini, Giovanni (1646–1722), 450, 451, 456, 460, 531, 535–37, 535–38
Gibbons, Grinling (1648–1721), 245, 305, 556
Gibbs, James (1682–1754), 27, 29, 40, 132, 164, 183, 185–86, 188–89, 196, 196–97, 201–2, 207, 223–24, 250, 320, 373, 394, 550, 556–57, 559, 563, 570–71, 573–74, 595, 598
“Gibbs Surround,” 320
Gilbert, Christopher, 5, 7, 470
Giordano, Luca, 95
Giotto, 93
Glanville, Philippa, 8
Glorious Revolution of 1688, 46, 89–90, 557
Glory of St. Clement (Chiari), 96, 96
Gloucester Cathedral choir screen, 248–49, 260, 263, 263–64
Gobelins tapestry, 290, 434
Godfrey, Eliza, 531, 531
Golden House (Nero’s, Rome), 102, 123–24
Gold metalwork. See Metalwork
Goldsmith, Oliver, 566
Gondi, Carlo, 91
Gonzaga, Federico, II (Marquess of Mantua, & later Duke of Mantua, 1500–1540), 100, 195, 226
Goodison, Benjamin (ca. 1700–1767), 1, 8, 282–83, 291–93, 470, 474, 514, 514
Goodwood House (West Sussex), 480–81
Gosford House (East Lothian), 598
Gothic/Gothick: book illustrations, 427
country houses and villas, 210, 221–22
furniture, 470, 500, 508
garden buildings, 370–71, 375, 378, 380, 381, 384–87, 402, 409, 409
Gothic Revival, 247–69, 262, 537–38, 561
Kent’s legacy and, 590–92
metalwork, 537–38, 540, 545
in political context, 78
public commissions, 326, 346–47, 352
town houses, 171, 173
Walpole’s view of Kentian Gothic, 2. See also Kentian Gothick; Rococo Gothick
Gothic Architecture Improved (Langley), 264
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, second Duke of (1683–1757), 32–33, 37, 39, 58, 73, 74, 75, 82, 153, 162, 164, 226–29, 397, 405–6
Grafton House (Bond Street, London), 154, 228
Grand Tour, 28, 65–68, 73, 81, 89–90, 92, 94, 102–3, 139, 186, 189–90, 195, 202, 211, 218, 219, 223, 451, 455, 461, 505, 508, 550, 577
Grantham, Henrietta Butler, Countess of, 50
Granville, Grace Carteret, Countess of (ca. 1667–1744), 57, 565, 601
Granville, John Carteret, second Earl of, & seventh Seigneur of Sark (1690–1763), 434, 437
Granville family, 49, 565, 601
Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot (Collins), 309
Grecian influence, 273, 368, 370, 375
Grecian scroll, 504
Greek key patterns, 243, 255, 261, 324, 327, 419, 462
Green, John, 306–7
Green Park (London), 50, 171, 177
Greenwich Hospital (London), 213
Gregory XIII (Pope): monument, 559, 569
Grey, Henry. See Kent, first Duke of
Gribelin, Simon, 424, 424
Grimsthorpe Castle (Lincolnshire), 514–15
Grisoni, Giuseppe, 28
Grosvenor House (London), 604
Grotesque ceiling painting, 9, 71, 102, 123, 131, 135, 289, 536, 595
Grotesque ornamentation, 536, 537
The Grub Street Journal, 329, 559
Guelfi, Giovanni Battista (1690/1-after 1734), 8, 17, 103, 189, 190, 284–85, 460, 494, 550–51, 556–57, 563, 570–71, 570–71, 574, 579
Guercino (1591–1666), 95, 112, 137
Guest, Ivor Churchill. See Wimborne, first Viscount
Guest, Ivor Grosvenor. See Wimborne, second Viscount
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), 50
Gumley, John (active ca. 1691–1729), 273, 275, 465
Gunnersbury Park (London), 210, 223, 407
Habsburg dynasty, 47–48
Hackwood Park (Berkshire), 592, 599
Hadrian’s Villa (Tivoli), 195, 579
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), 93
Hagley Hall (Worcestershire), 594
Halifax, Charles Montagu, first Earl of (1661–1715), 48
Halifax, George Savile, first Marquess of, 57, 65
Hall, John, 304, 304–7
The Hall at Ditchley Park (Serebriakoff), 604, 605
Hall Barn (Buckinghamshire), 394
Hallett, William (1707–1781), 470–71, 482
Ham House (Surrey), 483
Hamilton, William Hamilton, eleventh Duke of, 179
Hamilton House (London). See 22 Arlington Street
Hampton Court Palace (London): architectural design, 210, 221
Capriccio landscape with Hampton Court Palace and Esher Place (Kent), 252, 433
Chapel Royal, 253
Clock Court, 78, 210, 247, 250–51, 253, 277, 280, 280
decorative design, 4
Duke’s Presence Chamber, 251, 253, 281
Fountain Court, 280
Franco-Dutch gardens, 46
furniture, 281–83, 282, 480, 480, 511
Gothic style and, 247–51, 280
Great Hall, 251, 253
Henry VIII Receiving Montmorency, the French Ambassador, at Hampton Court (Kent), 246, 247, 253, 259
ogees and, 248
Presence Chamber, 251, 253, 283
Queen’s Gallery (Triumph Gallery), 282, 282, 283
Queen’s Staircase, 111, 133, 134, 141–44, 142, 253, 280–81
royal commission of Kent to remodel, 280–83
royal retreat of, 50
Tudor style of, 51, 371
Withdrawing Room, 282
Wren modernization of, 46, 315
Wright as clerk of works, 158
Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles, 531
A Hand-book for London Past and Present (Cunningham), 3
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759), 40, 47, 50, 58, 92
Hannan, William, 595
Hanover court, metalwork for, 531, 532–33, 535
Hanoverian monarchy, 45–61, 77, 250, 286, 575
Hanoverian Succession (1714), 90, 183–85, 286, 559, 566
Hanover Square (London), 117, 139
Hardwick Hall (Derbyshire), 478
Hardy, Admiral Thomas: monument, 559
Harewood House (Yorkshire), 598
Harington, Sir John, 434
Harley, Edward. See Oxford, second Earl of
Harley, Henrietta Cavendish. See Oxford, second Countess of
Harley, Robert. See Oxford, first Earl of Harris, John (b. 1931), 4–5, 7–9, 126, 140, 184, 188, 190, 202, 208, 212, 229, 232–33, 257, 287, 329, 348, 355
Harrison, Peter, 596
Hartington, Marquess of. See Devonshire, fourth Duke of
Hastings family, & earls of Huntingdon. See Huntingdon
Hastings Chapel. See St. Helen’s Church
Hatfield House (Hertfordshire), 480
Hawksmoor, Nicholas (1661–1736), 29, 51, 247, 249, 251, 261, 329, 346–47, 379, 394, 556, 561, 566, 568, 569–70
Haydn, Joseph, 58
Hayman, Francis, 430
Hayward, John, 8
Headfort House (Meath, Ireland), 598
Healey, John, 261, 263
Heath Old Hall (Wakefield), 266
Heckell, Augustin, 209
Hedges, Steven, 179
Helen of Troy, 95
Heming, Thomas (ca. 1722/23–1801), 529, 542, 543
Henley, John “Orator,” 428
Henry II (King, 1133–1189), 51
Henry III (King, 1207–1272), 327
Henry V (King, 1387–1422), 78, 138, 139, 249, 286, 563
Henry VIII (King, 1491–1547), 51, 123, 246, 247, 253, 259
Henry Frederick (Prince, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1745–1790), 39, 80, 297
Henry the Lion, 51
Hephaestion, 58
Herbert, Henry. See Pembroke, ninth Earl of
Hercules and Iole (Carracci), 137
Herrenhausen Palace (Hanover), 47
Hertford, Frances Seymour, Countess of, 56
Hervey, James, 566
Hervey, John Hervey, second Baron (1696–1743), 58, 72, 202, 212, 294, 469, 474
Hewett, Sir Thomas (1656–1726), 29, 31, 67–68, 70, 72–73, 119, 121–22, 125, 151, 272–73, 277, 326
Hicks, David, 605, 605
Hill, Aaron, 556
Hill, John, 306–7
Historiarum sui temporis (de Thou), 425
Historic Royal Palaces, 141, 274
History and Antiquities of Brentford, Ealing and Chiswick (Faulkner), 487
History of Alexander tapestries, 283
History of Gardening in England (Amherst), 8
History of Renaissance Architecture in England (Blomfield), 3
History of Ripon (Gent), 570
The History of the King’s Works (Colvin), 4, 316
History of the Modern Styles of Architecture (Fergusson), 3
History of the Royal Residences (Pyne), 275, 283, 296, 510
Hoare, Henry, II, 596
Hoare family, 53
Hobart, Thomas, 393
Hoentschel, Georges, 515
Hogarth, William (1697–1764), 2–3, 8, 27, 56, 70, 70, 73–76, 103, 117, 118, 119, 139, 144, 190, 437, 559, 581
The Assembly at Wanstead House, 190, 190, 469
Canvassing for Votes, 76
A Choir of Angels, 118
Family of George II, 56
Masquerades and Operas, Burlington-gate, or “The Bad Taste of the Town,” 70, 70, 550
Holbein, Hans (the Younger), 527
Holbein Gate (Whitehall, London), 281
Holderness, Robert Darcy, fourth Earl of, 265
Holford, R. S., 604
Holkham Hall (Norfolk): architectural design, 35, 101, 162, 166, 176, 184–87, 205, 210–19, 211–18, 225, 228–30, 232, 234, 341, 481, 592
Brettingham’s role in, 592
chimneypiece, 216
Coke’s inheritance of, 28
corner tower, 352
dressing room, 481
engraving of (Fourdrinier), 211
Family Wing, 212–13, 216, 216
furniture, 4, 7, 469, 481–82, 482, 500
gardens and garden buildings, 373, 378–79, 378–79, 388, 401, 401, 409, 598
Gothic Revival and, 286
influence of design on public commissions, 317–18, 321, 331, 355
as inspiration, 2–3, 594, 598
Library, 170, 213, 215, 216, 508, 513
Marble Hall (Great Hall), 35, 182, 212–13, 217, 218, 273, 337, 342–43
obelisk, 211, 401, 580
paintings, 136–37, 140
Palladianism of, 401
Plans, Elevations and Sections of Holkham (Brettingham), 481, 592
Sculpture Gallery, 218, 510, 513, 580, 598
Seat on the Mount, 378–79, 401, 401, 597
Stone Bridge, 401
Temple in the Woods, 401, 401
Triumphal Arch, 401
Walpole on, 2
Holland, Henry, 176
Holland, Henry Fox, first Baron (1705–1774), 75–76, 294, 316, 407
Holland House (London), 407, 409, 483
Holmes, Benjamin, 176
Holton House (Oxfordshire), 266, 266
Holy Roman Empire, 47–48
Holyrood Church (Southampton), 573
Home House (20 Portman Square, London), 598
Homer. See Book illustrations, The Odyssey
Honingham Hall (Norfolk), 187, 221, 248, 251, 258, 258
Hoppus, Edward, 596
Horse Guards Building (Whitehall, London), 2–4, 37, 52, 75–76, 158, 174, 179, 232, 316–17, 316–18, 329–31, 335, 347, 355, 590, 592, 594
Horseheath Hall (Cambridgeshire), 220, 387, 407, 543, 580
Hotel de Salm (Paris), 596
Hotham, Sir William, 394
Houghton Hall (Norfolk): architectural design, 170, 184–87, 189, 193, 195–202, 196–200, 207, 210, 212, 219, 223, 320
The Cabinet, 198, 199
chimneypiece and overmantel, 76–77, 596, 596
Embroidered Bedchamber, 129
furniture, 7–8, 199, 291, 325, 452–53, 455, 456, 458–59, 462–63, 464, 469–74, 472–73, 476, 482–83, 483, 487, 490–94, 492–94, 497, 505, 511, 513, 539, 599
gardens, 394
Gothic Revival and, 250–51, 274, 277
Great Staircase and Hall (Painted Staircase), 129–30, 141, 143, 201–2, 243, 513
Green Drawing Room (Velvet Drawing Room, & later White Drawing Room), 129–30, 170, 176, 199, 201, 473, 474, 492, 492–93, 494, 500
Green Velvet Bedchamber (State Bedroom), 129, 129, 142, 290, 463, 464, 474
influence of, 319, 321, 329–31, 590, 594
interior design, 4, 194, 500
inventory (1745) of, 511, 513–14
Kent frames and, 245
Kent’s employment for, 72, 75, 166
Library, 200, 477, 505
Marble Parlour, 130, 199, 199, 202, 492, 494, 494, 514, 569, 596
metalwork, 543, 544
paintings, 114, 126–31, 142–43
Plans, Elevations and Sections. . . of Houghton (Ware), 591
Raynham Hall’s similarity to, 133
Red Saloon, 8, 32, 128, 129, 150, 151, 194, 194, 200, 201, 274, 452–55, 453, 456, 458–59, 462, 471–72, 472, 474, 491–92, 511, 511
Ripley’s role in, 73, 590
sculptures, 553
Stone Hall, 32, 76, 129, 170, 196, 197–98, 199, 201–2, 472, 483, 492, 509, 513
Tapestry Dressing Room, 129, 201
in twentieth century, 605
Walpole’s use of, 54, 76–77, 185
Houseboat for Earl of Pembroke, 21
A House in Town (Campbell), 5
House of Brandenburg, 48
House of Brunswick, 48, 51
House of Commons, 326, 334–39, 339, 342–43, 349, 349, 354. See also Parliament, Houses of (London)
House of Lords, 50, 155, 218, 326, 334–39, 338–39, 342–43, 349, 351, 354. See also Parliament, Houses of (London)
House of Orange, 48. See also William III and Mary II
House of Tudor, 286
Houses of Parliament. See Parliament, Houses of (London)
Howard, Alethea. See Arundel, Countess of
Howard, Charles. See Carlisle, third Earl of
Howard, Henrietta. See Suffolk, Countess of
Howard, Hugh (1675–1737), 68, 73
Howard, John, 245
Howard, Thomas. See Arundel, second Earl of
Hughes, John, 437
Hughes, Richard, 177
“Huguenot” style, 528
Hull apprenticeship, 28
Hulsbergh, Henry (d. 1729), 31, 71, 151, 394
Hunt, John Dixon, 5, 8, 396, 413
Hunt, William Henry (1790–1864), 168–69, 169, 484, 486, 487, 497, 502–3, 507, 509, 511, 513
Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, third Earl of (d. 1595): monument, 572
Huntingdon, Theophilus Hastings, seventh Earl of (d. 1701), 572
Huntingdon, Theophilus Hastings, ninth Earl of (1696–1746), 221, 572, 572
Huntingdon, Francis Hastings, tenth Earl of (1729–1789), 312
Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, second Countess of (1707–1791), 221, 471, 572
Huntingdonshire, 65–66
Hussey, Christopher, 3–4
Hustler, Anne (née Osbaldeston), 64
Hustler, Sir William (ca. 1658–1730), 27–29, 63–65
Hyde Park (London), 50
Hyperotomachia Poliphili (1499), 408
The Iliad. See Pope, Alexander
Illustrated London News, 308, 308
Indian motifs, 288
Ingram, William, 212
Insall, Donald, 177, 179
International Fisheries Exhibition (London, 1883), 308
Ionic, 39, 116, 125, 167, 172, 174, 203, 218, 234, 272, 283, 291, 319–21, 328–29, 336, 338, 398, 406, 408, 408, 474, 511
Ireland, 46–50, 325, 599
Ireland Parliament, 48, 50, 218
Irvine, Anne Howard, Vicountess, 307
Isham, Thomas. See Sunderland, second Earl of
Italian baroque, 449–50, 465, 471, 528, 535, 537
Italian influence: on architectural design, 201, 315
on garden buildings, 393–94, 405
on interior design, 604
on Kent and Britain, 69–72, 89–90, 101–3, 162, 185, 195, 213, 377
on Kent’s furniture, 455, 462, 508, 511
on Kent’s illustrations, 414, 438
on Kent’s painting, 144
on sculpture, 387, 550
Italian Renaissance, 37, 93, 100–102, 161, 438, 449
Italy, 89–109
Kent’s travel and studies in, 28–29, 89–109, 111–15, 368, 379, 393, 449–50, 550. See also Grand Tour; specific cities and structures
Iveagh House (Dublin), 596
Jacobean style, 117, 135, 184, 202, 221, 248, 258, 272, 281
Jacobites, 29, 47–50, 127, 132, 195, 566, 572, 575
Jacobs, John, 529
James I (King, 1566–1625), 78, 562
James II (King, 1644–1685), 46–47, 49, 65
James “III,” James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender, 1688–1766), 46–49, 117
James, John (ca. 1672–1746), 119, 185
Janssen, Geerars, 563
Japanese motifs, 288, 290
Jefferson, Thomas, 596
Jelfe, Andrews (d. 1759), 251, 291–92, 297, 566
Jenkins, Susan, 274
Jervas, Charles (ca. 1675–1739), 64, 119, 244
Jewitt, Llewellynn, 504, 507
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), 33, 34, 415
Johnson and Appleyards Manufacturers and Merchants, 502
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652): Anglo-Palladianism and, 99, 185–86, 205
architecture of, 50, 170, 189, 202, 210–11, 213, 218, 229, 336–37, 474, 487
bust of, 17 82, 379, 581
chimneypieces, 191
English interest in, 71–73
frames and, 243
furniture design, 310, 511
on Grand Tour, 89
influence on Burlington, 29
influence on Kent, 34, 153, 155, 191, 193, 223, 228, 233–34, 278, 288, 321, 329, 407, 449
Kent compared to, 144, 271, 598
Kent hired to restore work of, 51
painted depictions of, 71, 115, 115, 116, 581, 602
sculpture, 579
statue of (Burlington House; later Chiswick House), 117, 394, 550–53, 551–53, 562
Talman’s interest in, 450
Winchester Cathedral screen, 561. See also Designs of Inigo Jones (Kent)
Designs of Inigo Jones and Others (Ware); Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent (Vardy)
Jones, Owen, 179
Jones, William, 516, 517, 596
Jonesian style, 32, 81, 129–30, 167, 170, 191, 199, 273, 277, 296, 330–32, 394, 596
Jonson, Ben: monument, 556, 563
Jourdain, Margaret, 4, 7–8
Joynes, Henry, 277
The Judgment of Hercules (Matteis), 90, 563
Julius Caesar, 78, 377
Juvarra, Filippo (1678–1736), 92, 176
Juvarra, Sebastiano, 456, 456
Katharine (Queen), 251–53
Kedleston Hall (Derbyshire), 218, 598–99, 599
Fishing House, 598
Kendal, Melusine von der Schulenbert, Duchess of, 277
Kensington Gardens (London): Bridge man’s Mount, 399
Queen’s Temple, 400
“A Seat in Kensington Gardens” (Vardy), 284, 284
Kensington Palace (London): architectural design, 166, 170, 176, 186, 195
Council Chamber, 124
Cupola Room (Cube Room), 67, 70, 119, 121, 125, 133, 141, 143, 143, 151, 153, 188, 193, 195, 271–73, 274, 275, 550
drafting style and, 151
furniture, 4, 31–32, 273, 471, 474, 491
Great and Little Closets, 125
Guard Chamber, 272
Hewett and, 29
influence of, 3
Italian influence in, 101
Kent frames and, 243
Kent’s royal commission to remodel, 51, 70–71, 271–77, 394
King’s Bedchamber, 122–23
King’s (Great) Drawing Room, 32, 117, 120–21, 121–22, 129, 141–42, 151, 152, 272–73, 273, 274, 471
King’s Gallery, 125–26, 126, 129, 142, 144, 274–75, 275
King’s (Great) Staircase, 30, 31, 124–25, 125, 129, 141–42, 270, 273, 595
Kitchen Court, 277
Library, 272
Moore and Kent collaboration, 465
Old Dining Room (Old Drawing Room), 275, 276
paintings, 119–33
Presence Chamber, 71, 102, 123, 124, 132, 135, 142, 271–72, 272, 536
Privy Chamber (later Queen’s Drawing Room), 102, 122, 122, 125, 144, 271–72, 275, 276
Queen’s Bedroom, 275
royal court at, 50
sculptures and statues, 273, 275, 550
Stone Gallery, 272
William and Mary’s acquisition of, 46
Kent, Henry Grey, first Duke of, 69
Kent, William: 18th-century evaluation of, 2
19th-century evaluation of, 2–3
21st century evaluation of, 9
1930s-1950s evaluation of, 4–5
birth of, 27
book illustrations, 9, 413–47
and Burlington family, 29–30, 37, 57, 59, 184
character of, 37–39, 81–83, 297
chronology, 13–25
country houses, villas, and lodges designed by, 183–241
death of, 1, 40–41
as draftsman, 151–59
early twentieth century evaluation of, 3–4
early years, education, and travel to Italy, 27–28, 64, 68–69, 89–109, 111–15, 144, 190
exhibitions, 5–7
furniture, 7–8, 449–525
Gothic Revival and, 247–69
health issues of, 157–58
Italian travel and studies, 28–29, 89–109, 111–15, 368, 379, 393, 449–50, 550
legacy of, 589–609
life of, 1, 27–43
Office of Works positions (See Office of Works)
as painter, 8–9, 30–31, 111–50, 595
paintings depicting, 5, 26, 73, 74, 82, 82, 409
patrons of, 55–59, 63–87
portrait (Aikman), 26, 27, 68, 117, 141, 191
portrait (Luti) 5, 82, 82, 409
as portrait painter, 140
public commissions, 315–63
return from Italy to London, 28–30, 102–3, 115–19, 144, 151, 271, 366, 394
royal commissions, 271–301
sculptures and monuments, 8, 549–87
silver and metalwork, 8, 34, 527–47
starting in architecture, 31, 99–101
town houses designed by, 161–81
will of, 40, 82, 173, 285, 379, 451, 581
“Kent” frames, 242, 243, 244
Kentian dogs, 369, 372, 378
Kentian Gothick, 2, 257, 265–66, 402, 593, 595
Kentian Palladianism, 40, 590
Kentian style: book illustrations, 433–34
country houses and villas, 33, 185, 190, 222, 232
drafting style, 153, 156
furniture, 413, 470, 516, 599–600, 604–5
Gothic Revival and, 247, 255, 257, 264–66
influence of, 35, 37
landscape architecture, 368, 371, 378, 387, 395, 405–7, 409
legacy of, 590, 592, 594–98, 601–2
monuments, 573–74
town houses, 162, 164, 174
“Kentino,” 30, 41, 58, 102, 185–86
“Kentissime,” 35, 184, 209–10, 228, 381, 402, 438
Keppel, Anne van. See Albemarle, Countess of
Kerry, earls of, 49
Kew Gardens (Surrey), 34
Kew House (Surrey), 167, 186, 286, 304–5, 516. See also White House at Kew
Kew Palace (Surrey), 1, 34–35, 79, 291, 577
Kimball, Fiske, 4, 187, 316, 329, 331–32, 339–40, 343
Kimbolton Castle (Huntingdonshire), 450
Kingsbury, Pamela, 7
The King’s Guard Chamber, Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Wild), 281
Kip, Johannes (1653–1722), 165, 377, 381
Kippax Park (Yorkshire), 593
Kirtlington Park (Oxfordshire), 596
Kladruby Abbey (Stribro, Czech Republic), 249
Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646–1723), 242, 557
Knole (Kent), 514
Knyff, Leonard (1650–1721), 165, 381, 402
Lady Lever Collection (National Museums, Liverpool), 478, 600
Lambert, George (ca. 1700–1765), 185, 223, 372, 373
Lambert, J., 23
Lambert, James, 1, 210
Lamerie, Paul de, 306
Lancaster House, 296
Landmark Trust, 210
Landscape architecture, 2, 5, 8–9, 35, 52, 292, 365–411, 596–97. See also specific houses and locations
Landseer, Edwin, 451
Lane, John, 75
Lanfranco, Giovanni, 112
Langley, Batty (1696–1751), 249, 264, 267, 516
Langley, Stephen, 476, 477
Langley, Thomas, 516
Lassels, Richard, 90
Late-Gothic architecture, 280
Latilla, Eduardo, 179
Laughton Place (East Sussex), 75, 210, 248, 257, 257
Law, Ernest, 111
Le Brun, Charles, 527
Leda and the Swan (Correggio), 137
Leda and the Swan (Rusconi), 222, 222
Lediard, Thomas, 353
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (1736–1806), 37, 156, 229, 320
Lee, George Henry. See Lichfield, second Earl of
Lees Court (Kent), 140, 256, 257
Leicester, Margaret Coke, Countess of (1700–1775), 217, 481
Leicester, Thomas Coke, first Earl of, & first Baron Lovell (1697–1759), 28, 35, 66–68, 67, 70, 81–82, 92–95, 97, 101–2, 112, 139, 176, 185–86, 189, 195, 205, 211–14, 217–19, 218, 317, 321, 378–79, 393, 398, 401, 508, 531, 550, 581, 592. See also Holkham Hall
Leicester House (London), 80, 297, 540
Leineschloss (Hanover), 297, 535
Leinster, dukes of, 49, 542
Lely, Peter, 191, 282
Lennox, Charles. See Richmond, second Duke of
Lennox, Sarah. See Richmond, second Duchess of
Lens, Bernard, 285
Lenygon and Morant (London dealers), 497, 605
Leominster, second Baron of. See Pomfret, first Earl of
Leoni, Giacomo (1686–1746), 69, 185
Lepautre, Pierre, 463
Le Sage, Simon, 529
Le Sueur, Hubert, 277, 577
Letter Concerning the Art or Science of Design (Shaftesbury), 90, 556
Liber Veritatis (Claude), 155
Libraries, 216–17
Library furniture, 505–8
Lichfield, Edward Lee, first Earl of, 166
Lichfield, George Henry Lee, second Earl of (1691–1742), 126–27, 188–89, 195, 491, 590
Lichtenstein apartment (London), 605, 605
Limpach, Maximilian Joseph (active early 18th century), 451, 535–37
Lincoln, Catherine Clinton, Countess of, & later Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle, 179, 233
Lincoln, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, ninth Earl of, & second Duke of Newcastle (1720–1794), 75, 179, 233, 529, 539, 543, 589
Linnell, John (1729–1796), 488, 489, 599, 599–600
Linnell, William (1703–1763), 459, 470, 488
Lintot, Bernard, 413, 425
Lion Attacking Horse: Kent’s copy of, 580
sculpture at Rousham (Scheemakers), 385 387
Lismore Castle (Ireland), 476
Livorno, 28, 91–92
Livre d’Architecture d’Autels, et de Cheminées (Barbet), 191
Lock, Daniel, 28, 89, 91–2
Lock, Matthias (ca. 1710-ca. 1765), 470, 599
Locke, John, 90, 284, 374, 557, 581
Lodge Park (Sherborne, Gloucestershire), 205, 207, 452, 458, 487–88, 488–89
Londesborough Hall (Yorkshire), 187, 191, 394, 477–78
London, George, 394
London art market: development of, 90
London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 563
London Evening Post, 1, 307, 425, 568
London Gazette, 557
London West End, 50
Lord Burlington’s Town Architecture (exhibition), 7
The Lords Feoffees, 27
Lorraine, Francis I, Duke of (1708–1765), 77, 201
Lot and His Daughters (Domenichino), 97
Louis XIV (King of France, 1638–1715), 46–47, 51, 77, 536, 568, 604
Loveday, John (1711–1789), 187, 189, 274, 570
Lovell, first Baron. See Leicester, first Earl of
The Love of Venus and Adonis (Brussels tapestry), 201
The Loves of the Gods (Metamorphoses). See Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Lowther Hall (Cumbria), 592, 592
Luti, Benedetto (1666–1724), 5, 28, 82, 82, 91, 115, 409
Luton Park (Bedfordshire), 598
Lyttelton, George Lyttleton, first Baron, 187
MacClary John, 8, 382, 384, 384
Mackelean, Herman, 306
Maclagan, Eric, 308
Macquoid, Percy, 7
Mahogany, 201–2, 205, 296, 465, 471–72, 477, 478, 481, 483, 483, 484, 488, 488, 490, 505, 507, 513, 516, 516
Maiano, Giovanni da, 281
Malton, Thomas Watson-Wentworth, first Baron, & first Earl of
Malton, later first Marquess of Rockingham (1665–1723), 37, 219, 261, 290, 570, 570–71, 590
Manchester, Charles Montagu, fourth Earl of, & later first Duke of Manchester (ca. 1656–1722), 69, 450
Mantua, 76–77, 93, 112, 195, 210, 213, 226, 228, 393
Maragliano, Antonio Maria, 449
Maratti, Carlo (1625–1713), 92–93, 95, 98, 98, 99, 112, 115, 129, 137, 139, 199, 201, 474, 492
Marble, 461–62, 492, 495, 499–501, 501, 502–4
Marble Hill House (Twickenham, London), 56, 173, 210, 221, 228, 243, 283
Mariari, Giacomo, 81, 187, 393
Marlborough, John Churchill, first Duke of (1650–1722), 48–50, 52, 57, 133, 288, 450–51
monument, 566, 567–68, 568–70
Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of (1660–1744), 57, 569, 577
Marot, Daniel (the Elder), 303, 312, 527
Marriage at Cana (Veronese), 93, 95, 137
Marsden, John, 174, 222, 286
Marsh, William, 604
Martyn, Thomas, 187
Mary II (Queen). See William III and Mary II
Mary of Modena (Queen, 1658–1718), 46
Mask motifs, 452–53, 463
Mason, William, 249, 437
Masque of Alfred (Thomson & Mallet), 312
Massingberd, Burrell (1683–1728), 29–31, 65–70, 82, 92, 95, 98–99, 101–2, 111–12, 114–17, 119, 123, 129, 137, 144, 164, 187–88, 190, 393, 449–50, 470
Matilda (of England; Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria, 1102–1167), 51
Matteis, Paolo de, 90
Maurer, John, 279
May, Hugh, 164, 167
Maynard, Sir John (1602–1690), 223
Medici Chapel (Florence), 243
Medici tombs (Florence), 455
Medici vase, 529
Medieval themes and styles, 51, 78, 139, 247–49, 438
Meditations and Contemplations among the Tombs (Hervey), 566
Mercier, Philippe (1689–1760) 54, 293
Mereworth Castle (Kent), 571
Merlin’s Cave. See Richmond Gardens
Metalwork, 8, 34, 527–47
candlesticks and candelabra, 533–40, 534–40
centerpieces (milieu de table, surtout de table), 540–43, 541, 543
cups or mugs, 529–30
Pelham cup, 4, 7, 526, 528–29, 531, 545
tureens, 543–45, 544–45
Metamorphoses. See Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), 223, 451, 514–15, 596, 599
Michelangelesque figures, 327
Michelangelo (1475–1564), 70, 95, 179, 243, 455, 550
Middleton, William, 593
Miller, Sanderson (1717–1780), 187, 247, 249–50, 594–95
Mills, John, 5
Milton, Baron. See Dorchester, first Earl of
Milton Abbey (Dorset), 264–65, 265
Milton House (Northamptonshire), 590
Milton Manor (Berkshire), 590
Mist, Edward, 174
Mitley, Charles, 261, 263
Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, first Viscount, 69, 72
Molesworth, John Molesworth, second Viscount, 69, 119
Molyneux, Elizabeth, 286
Monck, Christopher. See Albemarle, second Duke of
Monck, George. See Albemarle, first Duke of
Monmouth, James Scott, first Duke of, 46
Monnot, Pierre-Etienne, 550
Montagu, Charles. See Halifax, first Earl of
Montagu, Ralph Montagu, first Duke of (1638–1709), 69
Montagu, John Montagu, second Duke of (1690–1749), 49, 167, 273
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689–1762), 58
Montagu family, 48
Montagu House (Whitehall, London), 167
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 559
Montfort, Henry Bromley, first Baron (1705–1755), 220, 407, 527, 539, 543
Monticello (Virginia), 596
Montmorency, Anne due (1493–1567), 246, 253, 259
Moore, James (the Elder, ca. 1670–1726), 273, 275, 465, 465, 470
Moore, James (the Younger, d. 1734), 7, 205, 470–71, 474, 487, 488–89
Moor Park (Hertfordshire), 593
Mores, Edward Rowe, 266
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 514–15
Morris, Robert, 71–72
Morris, Roger (1695–1749), 56, 173, 220, 243, 605
Mortlake tapestries, 201
Mountrath, Algernon Coote, sixth Earl of (1689–1744), 320
Mount Stuart (Argyll and Bute), 494
Mowl, Timothy, 5
Moyser, James, 593
Müller, T., 168
Musée des Beaux Arts (Tours), 116
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 8
Museum Talmanicum, 90
Musgrave, Clifford, 480
Mythological motifs: book illustrations, 415
country houses and villas, 189, 194, 201–2, 207, 217–18, 218, 222–23
furniture and accessories, 434, 451, 454, 471, 474–75, 480, 491–92, 505, 514, 599
garden buildings, 374, 382, 383, 394, 398, 398
Gothic Revival, 253
in Italian travel and studies, 95, 99, 102
Kent frames, 243
metalwork, 536, 538
paintings, 112, 114, 116, 116, 120–22, 121–23, 126–32, 126–33, 135–37, 135–37, 139
public commissions, 327
Royal Barge, 309–11
royal commissions, 289–90 559, 561, 577, 580
town houses, 170, 176. See also Book illustrations, The Odyssey; Paintings and drawings by Kent
Naples, Italy, 90–92, 94, 112, 185–86
Narford Hall (Norfolk), 29, 187, 394
National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), 7
National Maritime Museum, 309
“National Memorial Temple,” 80, 80
National Portrait Gallery (London), 117, 515
Neoclassicism, 3, 35, 51, 124, 229, 273, 286, 294, 478, 516, 529, 545, 592, 594
Neo-Georgian, 601
Neo-Jacobean, 258
Neo-Palladianism, 8, 355
Neo-Tudor, 251
Nesbitt, Alexander, 119
A New and Complete History of Essex (Hassall), 474
Newcastle, John Holles, first Duke of (1662–1711), 556, 570
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, first Duke of, & Earl of Clare (1693–1768), 32, 55, 75–77, 82, 173–74, 257, 261, 396–97, 528
Newcastle, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham–Clinton, fourth Duke of (1785–1851), 545
Newcastle House (London), 31–32, 75, 77
A New Critical Review of the Publick Buildings, Statues and Ornaments In, and about London and Westminster (Ralph), 549
New Oxford Guide (1759), 189
Newton, Henry (1650–1715), 91
Newton, Isaac (1642–1727), 51, 82, 173, 284, 374
bust of (Hermitage, Stowe), 557, 581
monument of (Westminster Abbey), 543, 554–59, 555, 558, 561–62, 562, 563–65, 568–69, 577
The Newtonian System of the World, the Best Model of Government: An Allegorical Poem (Désaguliers), 557
New Wardour Castle (Wiltshire), 232
Nollekens, Joseph Frans (1706–1748), 190, 191, 324, 475, 504, 566
The Nollekens Conversation Piece: The Tylney Family in the Saloon at Wanstead (Nollekens), 475, 504
Norfolk House (London), 55, 297
Northumberland, Algernon Percy, tenth Earl of (1602–1668), 450
Nost, John van (d. 1729), 575, 580
Nostell Priory (Yorkshire), 516, 593–94
Nottingham, Daniel Finch, second Earl of, & seventh Earl of Winchilsea (1647–1730), 574
Nottingham University Art Gallery, 5
Oatlands (Surrey), 75, 233, 278–80, 387, 406, 406, 589, 590
Office of Works: Arundell’s employment by, 230
Arundell’s lobbying for Kent at, 67, 277
designs for, 233
Flitcroft’s employment by, 264
Frederick, Prince of Wales, projects and, 56, 286
Horse Guards and, 316
Houses of Parliament project and, 339, 343, 348, 355
Kensington Palace and, 119, 122, 142, 271–74
Kent as master carpenter, 34, 251, 277, 325, 471, 553
Kent as master mason and deputy surveyor, 35, 75, 141, 277, 325
Kent as surveyor of paintings, 78, 141, 277, 281
Kent’s income from, 59
Kent’s public commissions and, 72–75, 315–63
Paine’s position with, 232
Richards’ employment by, 245
Ripley’s employment by, 250–51
Royal Mews and, 77, 278, 278
style of mid-eighteenth century, 321
Treasury Building and, 76, 319
Vard’s employment by, 591–92
Ware’s employment by, 591
Westminster Abbey burial vault and, 297
Westminster Hall screen and, 260
Wright’s employment by, 132–33, 158, 296, 589
Ogees, 248–49, 251, 254–55, 258, 260, 263–66, 538
31–34 Old Burlington Street (London), 497, 605
32 Old Burlington Street (London), 75, 161–63, 209
34 Old Burlington Street (London), 161, 163, 230–32
Oldfield, John, 436
Oldham, John, 367
Old Masters, 137, 170
Old Park Estate (Wimbledon), 369
On Modern Gardening (Walpole), 2
Onslow, Arthur (1691–1768), 337, 350
Orange, House of, 48. See also William III and Mary II
Order of the Garter, 196, 283, 492
Orizonte. See van Bloemen, Jan Frans
Ormsby Hall (Lincolnshire), 65, 114, 187, 393
Osbaldeston, Frances Strickland, 64
Osbaldeston, Sir Richard (father), 27, 64, 82
Osbaldeston, Richard (son, Dean of York, 1690–1764), 27, 64, 82
Ottoboni, Pietro (Cardinal, 1667–1740), 92, 95, 137
Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 102, 114–15, 121, 127, 129, 137, 151, 176, 310, 432–33
Oxford, Robert Harley, first Earl of, 48
Oxford, Edward Harley, second Earl of, 27, 187, 202, 205, 417, 513
Oxford, Henrietta Cavendish Harley, second Countess of, 57
Padua, Italy, 93
Paine James (1717–1789), 37, 187, 232, 516, 593, 594, 598
Painted Chamber (Westminster, London), 35, 76, 156, 325–26, 326–27, 327–29, 344, 351, 354
Paintings and drawings by Kent, 8–9, 30–31, 111, 150
Aeneas and Andromache, 97, 97
Aeneas Meeting Venus in the Wood near Carthage, 188, 189
The Apotheosis of Saint Julian, 112, 113
Architecture Admiring a Portrait of Inigo Jones, no; An Assembly of the Gods, 116, 127, 127; 189, 602
Aurora, 142
Banquet of the Gods (or The Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche), 70, 116, 116, 470
The Battle of Agincourt (or The Battle of Crécy), 78, 138, 139
The Battle of Crécy, 8–9, 138
Capriccio landscape with Hampton Court Palace and Esher Place, 252
Capriccio landscape with harbor, 139
Cato’s (the younger) suicide, 97, 97
Circe with Ulysses and His Companions (after Parmigianino), 97
Cleopatra Dissolving a Pearl in Wine (after Maratti), 98
A Cuirassed Torso from the Villa Medici, 102, 103
Cyrus, King of Persia, 95
Cyrus ordering the Jews to rebuild the Temple, 137
Death of Cleopatra (after Domenichino), 97, 97
Diana and her Nymphs (Kent), 137
easel paintings, copies, and drawings, 137–41
evaluation of, 144–45
Galatea, 137
The Glorification of Inigo Jones, 71, 115, 115, 602
Henry VIII Receiving Montmorency, the French Ambassador, at Hampton Court, 246, 247, 253, 259
Hercules and Iole (or Hercules and Omphale) (Ratti after Kent), 67, 95, 137, 190
Jupiter and Semele (Kent), 117
Kensington Palace mural, 30, 31, 270, 273, 595
Landscape at Chiswick, with donkey pulling a cart, 400
The Last Supper, 118, 119
later decorative schemes (ca. 1730–48), 133–37
Leda and the Swan, 117, 135, 289
Lot and His Daughters (after Domenichino), 97, 98, 139
major decorative schemes (ca. 1725–30), 126–33, 186
The Marriage of Henry V, 78, 138, 139
Mars and Minerva Presiding over the Arts and Sciences, 122
The Meeting Between Henry V and the Queen of France, 78, 138, 139
Meleager and Atlanta, 128
Mercury Watching Herse and Her Sisters Before the Temple of Minerva (or Herse and Her Sisters), 95–96, 101, 114, 114, 137
Minerva Crushing Envy, 201
The Miracle of San Andrea Avellino, 98, 98, 139
Music and Poetry; 95, 114, 187
organization, technique, and color, 141–45
Palace of the Sun, 114, 115
Parma Cathedral decorations, 94, 112
Polyphemus and Galatea (after Carracci), 99, 99
Return of the Prodigal Son (after Ricci), 140, 140
Ruggiero conducted to Alcina by two of her maidens, 22
Sinopia of Jupiter and Semele, 120, 121, 121, 123
St. Cecilia with a Choir of Angels, 118
The Times of Day, 117
Venus Presenting New Armour to Aeneas, 127, 188, 189
Venus with Aeneas and Achates, 95, 137
View at Tivoli, 88
William and Anne’s wedding ceremony, 294. See also Portraits
Sculpture, monuments, and memorials, drafting designs for
Palace of Westminster (London), 35, 156, 185, 315, 325–27, 325–29, 343–44, 351, 354–55, 515
Palazzo Barberini (Rome), 463
Palazzo Borghese (Rome), 463
Palazzo Colonna (Rome), 194, 452, 458, 459
Princess Isabelle Apartment, 432
Palazzo della Cancelleria (Rome), 92, 95
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj (Rome), 194, 458
Palazzo Ducale (Vicenza), 131
Palazzo Farnese (Rome), 95, 101, 121, 137
Palazzo Iseppo da Porto (Vicenza), 164
Palazzo Ludovisi (Rome), 137
Palazzo Pitti (Florence), 93, 320
Palazzo Reale (Turin), 176
Palazzo Rospigliosi-Pallavicini (Rome), 95, 112, 137
Palazzo Ruini-Ranuzzi (Bologna), 176
Palazzo Spada (Rome), 119
Palazzo Te (Mantua), 93, 93–94, 100–101, 112, 137, 176
Palazzo Thiene (Vicenza), 214, 320
Palazzo Venizia (Rome), 139
Palladianism: Burlington and, 5, 99
country houses and villas, 35, 213
drafting and, 155
frames and, 243
Gothic Revival and, 245, 267
Kent’s legacy and, 590–93
Kent’s role in, 4
landscape architecture, 368, 387, 394, 396–99, 401
monuments, 563
paintings, 117
patronage and, 71–73, 75–76, 78
public commissions, 316–17, 319, 321, 328, 337, 346–47, 355
town houses, 161, 164, 173. See also Anglo-Palladianism; Neo-Palladianism
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick (exhibition), 7
Palladio, Andrea (1508–1580): architecture of, 93, 100, 164, 193, 210, 213–14, 218, 223, 229, 278, 320, 327, 337–38, 346, 371, 377
Burlington’s interest in, 29, 31, 71, 99, 450, 462
bust of, 17, 82, 379, 581
compared to Jones, 31
drawings of Roman Baths, 155, 162, 287, 328–29, 337, 341
influence on Kent, 32, 35, 99–100, 102, 153, 228, 263, 337, 377, 449, 574
rejection by British patrons, 78
statue of (Chiswick House), 117, 394, 550–53, 551–53, 562. See also Book illustrations; Fabbriche Antiche disegnate da Andrea Palladio (Palladio & Burlington); I quattro libri dell’architettura (Palladio); Palladianism
Pallavicini, Niccolò Maria, 95
Palma Giovane, 275
Palmer, Brian, 179
Pantheons, Kent interest in, 80
Paris, 29, 102, 343
Parker, George (d. 1743), 219–20
Parker, John (1734–1796), 220, 539, 542–43, 545
Parker, Lady Katharine, 220, 220
Park Place (Henley), 297
Parliament, Houses of, 315–17, 328–55, 330–35
“Chiswick” scheme, 339–40, 339–43, 346–47, 349, 354–55
design’s relationship to Holkham Hall, 35, 218, 234
failure to complete due to national finances, 76
First “Belvedere” scheme, 339–40, 341, 343–51, 344–48
House of Commons, 348–49, 348–49
House of Lords, 338
influence of, 594–95
Kent’s commission to design new buildings, 35, 156
Law Courts, 353, 354
Old Palace Yard, 328–29, 330–32, 331–35, 340, 342–46, 345–46, 352–55, 354
Pantheon scheme, 327, 329–39, 330–36, 341–43, 347, 349, 354–55
Phase 1, 329–38
Phase 2, 339, 339–43
Phase 3, 343–51
Phase 4, 352–55
Ripley’s role in, 590
Second “Belvedere” scheme, 343–44, 348, 350–51, 353, 355
Speaker’s Closet, 343, 348–49, 355
Stone Building, 352, 592
Vardy’s role in, 592
Parliament House (Dublin), 48, 50, 218
Parlington Hall (Yorkshire), 451
Parma, Alessandro Farnese, Duke of, 393
Parma, Italy, 94, 101, 112
Parma Cathedral, 94, 137
Parmigianino (1503–1540), 97, 112
Parnell, John, 266
Parodi, Domenico, 449
Parr, Nathaniel, 209
Passarini, Filippo (ca. 1638–1698), 450, 451
Patriarcha non Monarcha (Tyrrell), 370
“Patriot” opposition, 79, 293, 577
Patronage, 55–59, 63–87, 184
and authorship, 80–81
political patrons, 75–77
royal patrons, 77–80. See also Office of Works; specific members of royalty and aristocracy
Paul Mellon Collection. See Yale Center for British Art
Pearce, Edward Lovett, 218
Pearson, Esther (née Cant), 27, 40
Pelham, Catherine, 82, 233
Pelham, Frances, 257, 404
Pelham, Grace, 257
Pelham, Hon. Henry (1695–1754): country houses and villas, 209–10, 230, 232
death of sons of, 402
Designs of Inigo Jones and, 71
Gothic Revival and, 253, 257, 280
in Italy with Kent, 67
Kent’s will and, 82
landscape architecture, 381, 397–98, 401–2, 403
metalwork, 528
paintings, 137, 140
patronage of, 75–77
politics and, 55
portrait of (circle of Devis), 74
public commissions, 316, 318, 355
town houses, 161–63, 171–72, 174, 177, 179. See also 22 Arlington Street
Esher Place
Laughton Place
Pelham, Colonel the Hon. James (ca. 1683–1761), 527–30
Pelham, William, 257
Pelham cup, 4, 7, 526, 528–29, 531, 539, 545
Pelham family, 75–76, 257
sale of Esher, 255
Pelham-Holles, Thomas. See Newcastle, first Duke of
Pellegrini, Giovanni Antonio, 69, 115, 164
Pemberton, Henry, 557
Pembroke, Catherine Herbert (née Woronzow), Countess of, 474
Pembroke, first Earl of, 474
Pembroke, Henry Herbert, ninth Earl of (1693–1750), 21, 29, 56, 66, 173, 210, 220, 230, 243, 245, 292, 474
Pendarves, Mrs., 57
Penicuik House (Midlothian), 594
Pennant, Thomas, 167, 170
Penny, Edward, 64
Perceval, John. See Egmont, first Earl of
Perceval, Spencer, 324
Percy Tomb (Beverley, Yorkshire), 248
Perpendicular Gothic, 248, 253
Peruzzi, Baldassare, 101, 123
Petit, Paul, 306
Petre, Robert James, eighth Baron, 597
Petworth House (West Sussex), 450, 483
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 184
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 477–78
Philip V (King of Spain, 1683–1746)), 94, 94, 112
Philips, Ambrose, 415
Piacentini, Giovanni Battista, 176
Piazza San Marco (Venice), 93, 100
Piccadilly (London), 161, 164, 169. See also Burlington House; Devonshire House
Pickford Joseph (1684–1762), 174–77, 292, 572, 572, 577
A Picturesque Tour (Malton), 2
Pineau, Nicholas, 463, 465
Pitati, Bonifazio de’, 275
Pitti Palace (Florence). See Palazzo Pitti
Pittoresque, 528
Plans, Elevations and Sections of Holkham (Brettingham), 481, 592
Plantagenets, 51
Plate tracery, 248, 264
Plato, 77
Pliny the Younger, 185, 207–8, 368–69
Plumiere, Pierre-Denis, 550, 559
Pococke, Richard, 225–26
Polyphemus, 99, 137
Pomfret, Henrietta Louisa Fermor, Countess of, 49, 56, 173
Pomfret, Thomas Fermor, first Earl of, & second Baron of Leominster (1698–1753), 57, 67–68, 95, 137, 190, 195
Pomfret House (London), 173
Pompey, 377
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744): Beach memorial and, 574
Bird, commissioning of, 557
on Burlington’s taste, 54, 556
classical Roman authors and, 371, 432
depictions of, 131
dog epitaph, 579
on Esher Place, 381, 404
Frederick, Prince of Wales and, 79
Hogarth and, 550
Iliad, translation of, 413, 425
independence without a patron, 58
Kent frames and, 243
memorial to his parents, 574
The Odyssey, translation of (See Book illustrations)
portrait of (Kent), 425
relationship with Burlingtons, 57, 103, 589
relationship with Dormer, 405
relationship with Kent, 1, 37, 40, 81, 265, 366–68, 425, 557
on Ripley, 590
on sexual ambiguity, 58
on Shakespeare monument, 563
Southcote and, 378
on Spenser, 437
Temple of British Worthies and, 579
“Two Vases with Pedestals for Mr. Pope” (Vardy), 579–80
Vertue engraving of, 414
Villa (Twickenham, London), 40, 207–10, 209, 243, 366, 366, 373–74, 396, 421, 424, 557, 574, 574, 580
Pope, Alexander, writings: The Dunciad and Dunciad Variorum (See Book illustrations)
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 58
“Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington” (“Of False Taste: An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington”), 330, 556
“Epitaph on Newton,” 557
An Essay on Man, being the First Book of Ethic Epistles, 425–26
“Farewell to London,” 37
Imitations of Horace, 367–68, 371
Moral Essays, 54
“Sandy’s Ghost,” 432–33
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 427, 430. See also Book illustrations
Porpora, Nicola, 34
Porro, Girolamo, 434
Portland, Margaret Bentinck, second Duchess of, 57
Portraits: Alexander Pope (Kent), 425
Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (after Kneller), 47
Charles, second Viscount Townshend (Kneller), 242
Charlotte Boyle (Kent with van Bloemen), 140, 141
Dorothy Boyle (Kent), 156, 156
Frederick, Prince of Wales (Mercier), 54
Frederick, Prince of Wales (Richardson), 306
George II (Kent), 44, 82
Henrietta Howard, 9th Countess of Suffolk (Jervas), 243, 244
Henry Pelham, with John Roberts (circle of Devis), 74
James Dormer (van Loo), 222
Kent as portrait painter, 140
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (Richardson), 62
Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter (Eccardt & Wootton), 74
Thomas Coke (Trevisani), 67
Tylney Family (Nollekens), 475, 504
at White House at Kew, 288
William Kent (Aikman), 26
William Kent (Luti), 5, 82, 82, 409
Poussin. See Dughet, Gaspard
Poussin, Nicholas, 119, 577
Powys, Mrs. Lybbe, 191
Pratt, Roger, 220, 277, 407
Prideaux, Edmund, 228
Princess Isabelle Apartment. See Palazzo Colonna (Rome)
Prior, Matthew, 131, 556
Pritchard, T. F., 264
Privy Council, 73, 76, 218, 328, 337
Prize cup. See Pelham cup
A Prospect of Twickenham (Tillemans), 207, 208
Protestant Reformation, 46
Protestants, 46–48, 77, 103
Proto-Romantic, 413
Public commissions, 315–63
Pugin, A. W. N., 527
Pulteney, William, 171
Purcell, Henry, 556
Putti motifs, 193, 415–16, 424, 452–53, 492, 540, 557
Pyne, W. H. (1769–1843), 273, 275, 283, 296, 510
I quattro libri dell’architettura (Palladio), 69, 185, 191, 319, 337
Queensberry, Catherine (Kitty) Douglas, Duchess of, 56–57, 59
Queensberry, Charles Douglas, third Duke of, & second Duke of Dover, 95, 137
Queen’s Chapel. See St. James’s Palace
Queen’s House (Greenwich, London), 71, 123, 213, 218, 229
Raby Castle (Co. Durham), 593
Rainaldi, Carlo, 550
Raleigh, Walter, 79, 312
Ralph, James, 169, 337, 549
Rambour, Jacob, 119
Raphael (1483–1520), 40, 69, 94–95, 100, 102, 112, 115–16, 123, 136, 176, 221, 310, 581
Triumph of Galatea, 310
Raphaelesque style, 126, 144
Ratcliff, Anthony, 5
Rattee and Kett, 600, 601
Ratti, Giovanni Agostino (1699–1755), 95, 95, 137
Ravenet, Simon François, 141
Ravenna, 93, 112
Raynham Hall (Norfolk): architectural design, 187, 202–5, 203–4, 210–11, 222
Belisarius Room, 130, 130–31, 203, 462, 500
decorative scheme of, 126, 130–31, 133, 141–43, 258
Dining Room, 75, 204, 498–99, 499
furniture, 4, 7–8, 456, 458, 462, 462, 469, 487, 488, 497–99, 497–500, 511, 511
garden, 395–96, 497
Kent frames and, 242, 243, 245
Marble Hall, 204, 488, 498, 498, 500, 511, 511
Painted Staircase, 133, 202, 203
Red Saloon, 497, 498, 500
Read’s Weekly Journal, 307, 343
Redwood Library (Newport, Rhode Island), 596
Regency silver, 528
“Remarks by way of Painting & Archit” (Kent), 28, 100, 393
“Remarks on the History of England” (Boling–broke), 78
Renaissance, 32, 132, 177, 251, 320, 331, 407, 438, 535, 545, 550
Reni, Guido (1575–1642), 95, 112, 115, 137, 274
Repton, Humphry, 221, 366
Resta, Padre Sebastiano, 91, 99
Restoration, 89, 566
Reynolds, Joshua, 367
Reynoldson, George, 514
Ricci, Marco, 69, 103
Ricci, Sebastiano (1659–1734), 69, 103, 115, 140, 140, 164, 602
Richard II (King, 1367–1400), 563
Richards, James (1671–1759): country houses and villas, 201–2
furniture, 453, 470, 472, 472, 481, 481, 487, 488–89, 491, 491, 497–99, 498, 511, 511, 514, 514
Gothic Revival and, 273, 288–90, 289, 297
Kent frames, 242, 244, 245
Kent’s work with, 1, 8
monuments, 566
Royal Barge, 302, 304, 305–7
Richardson, Jonathan (1665–1745), 62, 65, 186, 306, 550
Richmond, Anne Lennox, first Duchess of, 574
Richmond, Charles Lennox, second Duke of, 480
Richmond, Sarah Lennox, second Duchess of, 56
Richmond Gardens (Surrey): demolition of structures, 1
Merlin’s Cave, 34, 51, 249, 265, 284, 285, 285–86, 374–75, 381, 399, 400, 402, 404–5, 527, 537–38, 538
Queen Caroline’s Hermitage, 34, 51, 78, 82, 173, 264–65, 284–85, 255, 370, 374–75, 574–75, 399, 402, 404, 557, 566, 577
Rocque plan of, 79
royal commission for, 284–86, 296, 554, 577
Sion House, depicted with, 79, 400
Richmond Green (Surrey), 483
Richmond House (London): furniture, 480–81, 481, 513
inventory (1739), 481
Richmond Lodge (Surrey), 284, 286
Richmond Palace (Surrey), 33, 186, 286, 286, 595
Richmond Race cup, 529
Rievaulx Abbey (Yorkshire), 474
Rigaud, Jacques (ca. 1681–1754), 5, 206, 207, 293, 551
Riorto, James, 288
Ripley, Thomas (1682–1758), 31, 34, 73, 75, 130, 171, 196, 202, 203, 250, 250–51, 277, 286, 326, 343, 498, 589–90
River Cherwell, 382, 384
River Mole, 253, 371, 381, 402, 434
River Thames, 371. See also Royal Barge
Roberts, John, 74, 179
Roberts, Thomas, 245, 472
Robinson, John, 37
Robinson, Thomas (1703–1777), 30, 76, 187, 202, 375–77, 399, 405, 471, 513, 592, 595
Robinson, William (ca. 1675–1720), 158, 171, 179, 261, 316, 318, 591, 595
Rockingham Castle (Northamptonshire), 257
Rococo, 80, 132, 176, 222, 245, 254, 259, 303, 405, 466, 513, 528–29, 540, 542, 590, 592–93, 596
Rococo Gothick, 34, 260, 264, 267, 379
Rocque, John (1709–1762), 5, 32–33, 32–33, 55, 79, 190, 254, 291, 375, 377, 381, 382, 397, 400
survey of Claremont (1738), 5, 55, 397
survey of Esher Place (1737), 402–3, 405
survey of London (1746), 291, 375, 377
survey of Richmond with Sion House (1754), 79, 400
survey of Wanstead (1735), 32, 32, 190
Rokeby Hall (Co. Durham), 75, 140
Roman baroque, 290, 449, 452–53, 455–56, 458, 462–63, 490
Roman basilica, 218
Roman Baths, 32, 35, 37, 155, 162, 193, 287, 294, 328, 331, 337, 341–42
Roman Catholicism. See Catholics
Romano, Giulio (ca. 1499–1546), 35, 93, 93–94, 100–102, 112, 132, 137, 173, 176–77, 193, 195, 210, 213, 226, 228, 278
Roman thermae. See Roman Baths
Romantic British style, 223
Rome: art dealers in, 90
English patrons in, 65–68
Flemish community in, 96, 112
Kent’s studies and work in, 28–29, 91–99, 102, 137, 393, 449–50
post-Renaissance style, 185. See also Ancient Rome; Italian influence
Romer, John, 542
Romulus, 127
Rosa, Salvator, 205, 438
Roubiliac, Louis-Francois, 550
Rousham House (Oxfordshire): architectural design, 186–87, 216, 220–23, 259
Bridgemanick Theatre, 382
chimneypieces and overmantels, 221–22, 222, 255, 259, 324
Cow Castle, 385, 387
Cuttle Mill (Temple of the Mill), 260, 260, 385, 405
estate plan (White & MacClary), 384
eye-catcher, 260, 260, 384–87, 385, 405
furniture, 4, 7, 458, 458, 463, 463, 469, 478, 482, 488, 504–5, 505, 513
gardens and garden buildings, 8, 264–65, 373, 377–78, 382, 385, 388, 409, 577, 580, 581
Gothic design and, 257–60, 508
Great Parlour, 222, 222, 259, 458
Jacobean style of, 248
Kent frames and, 245
Library, 222, 508, 510–11
Lion attacking Horse (Scheemakers sculpture), 385, 387
Painted (New) Parlour, 185, 136, 221, 221, 222, 458, 482, 504, 505, 510, 510–11
Painted Parlour ceilings, 124, 135–36, 136, 595
Pope and, 366
Praeneste Terrace, 290, 368, 382–84, 383, 387, 405, 488, 489, 580, 581
Pyramid, 387
sculptures, 580, 581
Skelton & Willis illustration, 23
Townesend Building, 387
Vale of Venus, 24, 384, 387, 405
Royal Academy (London), 480
Royal Barge, 303–13
cabin, 305–6, 306, 310
contemporary depictions of, 304, 308, 308, 347
coronet on stern, 291–92, 302
Frederick’s commission for, 80, 303
Guelfi and, 574
influence of, 4
making of, 303–9, 305
oar, 308
ornamentation, 8, 34, 303, 304–5, 305–6, 309, 310–11, 311, 507, 514
preservation of, 294, 308–9
symbolism of, 309–12
Royal Barge House (Windsor Great Park, Berkshire), 308
Royal Buildings (Colvin), 4–5
Royal Collection (London), 139, 293
Royal commissions, 271–301
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA, London), 4, 344, 356
Royalists, 45
Royal Mews (Charing Cross, London), 1–3, 34, 52, 53, 77, 101, 177, 277–80, 278–79, 316, 318, 320, 577, 594
Royal Ontario Museum (Canada), 487
Royal Residences (Pyne). See History of the Royal Residences (Pyne)
Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, 51
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640), 78, 141, 199, 273, 281, 292, 527, 577
The Apotheosis of James I, 78
Holy Family, 274
Meleager and Atalanta, 199
The Peaceful Reign of James I, 78
The Union of the Crowns, 78
Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, 541
Rusconi, Camillo (1658–1728), 222, 275, 559, 569
Rustication, 228
Rysbrack, John Michael (ca. 1684–1770), 1, 199–202, 223, 291, 296, 510, 550–51, 551, 554, 555, 556–61, 558, 560–61, 567–68, 569, 571–73, 572, 575, 575, 579, 589, 596
Rysbrack, Pieter Andreas (ca. 1684–1748), 5, 208, 209, 551
Sacchi, Andrea (1599–1661), 94
Sackville, Lionel. See Dorset, seventh Earl and first Duke of
Sackville, Thomas. See Dorset, first Earl of
The Sacrifice of Bacchus (Rysbrack), 596
A Sacrifice to Diana (Rysbrack), 201
St. Andrew’s Church (Boynton, Yorkshire), 82, 267, 575, 575
St. Aubyn, James Piers (1815–1895), 259–60
St. Botolph’s Church (Boston, Lincolnshire), 470
St. Clement Danes (London), 8, 117, 118, 139, 305, 470
St. Dunstan-in-the-East Church (London), 249
St. George, 310, 327
St. George Church (Hanover Square, London), 117–19, 118, 139
St. Giles’s House (Wimborne-St-Giles, Dorset), 590
St. Helen’s Church (Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire), 221, 572, 572
St. James’s Chapel (London), 77, 293, 294. See also Wedding of William and Anne
St. James’s Palace (London): Entrée Room, 296
nursery, 297
Queen Caroline’s Library, 35, 39, 39, 135, 155, 155, 157, 294–95, 294–97, 337, 510
Queen’s Chapel, 293, 294
royal court at, 50–51
state bed design, 598, 599
Throne Room, 296
St. James’s Park (London), 50
16 St. James’s Place (London), 223
St. John, Henry. See Bolingbroke, first Viscount
St. John’s Church (Smith Square, London), 347
St. John the Evangelist’s Church (Shobdon, Herefordshire), 264, 264, 591
St. Julian the Hospitaller, 96, 112
St. Leonard’s Church (South Ormsby, Lincolnshire), 470
St. Luke (silver medal of), 82
St. Martin’s Church (Houghton, Norfolk), 248, 250, 250–51
St. Martin’s Church (Werrington, Cornwall), 266
St. Martin’s Lane Academy (London), 30–31
St. Mary Abbott’s (Kensington, London), 574
St. Mary’s Church (Twickenham, London), 574, 574
St. Mary’s Church (Warwick), 251
St. Michael (Reni), 137
St. Michael’s Church (Badminton, Gloucestershire), 223
St. Nicholas’s Church (Chiswick, London), 575
St. Paul’s Cathedral (London), 315, 329
St. Paul’s Walden Bury (Hertfordshire), 593, 598
St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome), 550, 569
St. Peter the Apostle’s Church (Kirkthorpe, Yorkshire), 571, 571
St. Stephen’s Chapel (Westminster, London), 328, 343–44, 348, 351
Saltram (Devon), 219–20, 220, 597
Sandby, Paul, 228–29
Sandby, Thomas, 297
Sanderson, John, 596
Sandys, George, 432–33
San Francesco della Vigna (Venice), 559
San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice), 93, 100, 137, 217, 278, 377, 379, 387
San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (Rome), 96, 112, 113, 126, 139, 141
San Lorenzo (Florence), 243, 455
Sanmicheli, Michele, 93
San Paulo Fuori le Mura (Rome), 73, 74
Santa Maria Vallicella (Rome), 452, 490
Santini-Aichel, Johan (1677–1723), 249
Sapp, Robert, 325
Sassoon, Sir Philip, 605
Sassoon, Sybil, Lady Cholmondeley, 605
Savage, Richard, 375
Savile, Dorothy. See Burlington, Countess of
Savile, George. See Halifax, first Marquess of
Savile family, 65, 162, 505
1–2 Savile Row (London), 162, 163–64, 221, 572
22–23 Savile Row (London), 162, 164
Scallop shells, 452
Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1552–1616), 35, 93, 99
Scarsdale, Nathaniel Curzon, first Baron (1726–1804), 594, 600
Scheemakers, Peter (1691–1781), 1, 292, 385, 509, 548, 550, 559, 562–63, 564–6, 565, 575, 577, 579, 571, 580
Schor, Johann Paul (1615–1674), 450, 452, 490
Schütz, Augustus, 394
Sciarra, Salvatore Colonelli, 459
Science Museum (London), 308
Scott, Samuel, 303, 304
Scrope, John, 339
Sculpture, monuments, and memorials, 8, 34, 549–87
Beach memorial (Kent), 574, 574
Congreve (Kent), 398, 399
Diana, statue of, 218
Eugene (Prince) statue (Vardy, after Kent), 575, 576, 577
garden sculpture, 577–81
George I (Rysbrack, after Kent), 575, 576
Hastings (ninth Earl of Huntingdon), monument (Pickford & Rysbrack, after Kent), 572, 572
Italian, 102, 550
Jones, bust of (Kent), 17
Jones, statue of (Rysbrack, after Kent), 550–53, 551–53
Marlborough monument (Rysbrack, after Kent), 566, 567–68, 568–70
Monck monument (Scheemakers, after Kent), 564–65, 564–66
Newton (Rysbrack, after Kent), 554, 555, 556–59, 558, 562
Palladio (Rysbrack, after Kent), 550–53, 551–53
Palladio, bust of (Kent), 17
public statues, 575–77
Recumbent Lioness (Scheemakers, after Kent), 579, 579
Shakespeare (Scheemakers, after Kent), 548, 562–64
Stanhope (Rysbrack, after Kent), 543, 559–62, 560–62, 569
Stanley (Rysbrack, after Kent), 573
Strickland monument (Rysbrack, after Burlington/Kent), 575, 575
Stringer monument (Guelfi, after Kent), 571, 571
Wainwright monument (Kent), 573, 573
wall monuments, 573–75
Watson-Went–worth, 261, 570, 570–71
Wentworth monument (Guelfi, after Kent), 570, 570–71
Westminster Abbey monuments, 554–66, 577
Wright, 575
Sculpture, monuments, and memorials, drafting designs for: console bracket, 510
Doric column with Venus de Medici and deer house (Chiswick House), 580
Dying Gaul, 581
Exedra (Chiswick House), 578–79
George 1, 576
Jones, 553, 553
Newton, 558
Palladio, 553, 553
wall monument design, 573
Sedlec Abbey (Kutna Hora, Czech Republic), 249
Serebriakoff, Alexandre, 604, 605
Serlby Hall (Nottinghamshire), 593
Serlio, Sebastiano, 561
Seymour, Frances. See Hertford, Countess of
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of (1671–1713), 64, 69, 90, 92, 176, 184–85, 234, 315, 424, 424, 426, 550, 556, 563
Shakespeare, Wiliam: statuette (William Duesbury & Co.), 564. See also Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Sheffield, John. See Buckingham, first Duke of
Shelburne House (London), 598
Shell motifs, 119, 452, 465, 482–83
Sherborne Castle (Dorset), 265
Sherborne House (Gloucestershire), 7, 205, 265, 488, 489, 605
Shorter, Catherine (Lady Catherine Walpole), 73
Shotover Park (Oxfordshire), 12, 33, 35, 151, 266, 370–71, 394–95, 396, 402, 409, 483–84, 484, 580
Shovell, Admiral Sir Cloudesly: monument, 556
Sicca, Cinzia Maria, 7, 97, 99–100
Sidney, Sir Philip, 54
Siena, 93, 100, 112
“Signor,” Kent referred to as, 30–31, 35, 37, 58, 77, 81, 102, 141, 213, 219, 234, 438, 507, 553, 574
Silver designs, 7–8, 34, 527–47. See also Metalwork
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 4
Skelton, Joseph, 23
Smirke, Sydney, 115
Smith, Francis, of Warwick (1672–1738), 114, 187–88, 223
Smith, William, 223, 406
Soane, Sir John (1753–1837), 2–3, 355, 494
Soane Museum (London), 7, 294, 330–31, 348, 354, 494, 569
Sobieska, Maria Clementina, 117
Society of Ancient Britons, 405
Solimena, Francesco (1657–1747), 94–95, 112
Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent (Vardy): country houses and villas, 191, 210, 220, 233
furniture, 470, 470, 477, 481, 487, 497, 509
Gothic Revival and, 245, 253, 256, 261, 263, 284, 284–85, 291
Kent’s legacy and, 591, 595–96, 600
memorials and monuments, 579, 581, 591
metalwork, 528, 529–30, 530–31, 532, 534–36, 535–38, 538–39, 540–45, 541, 543–45
publication of, 4, 36, 37
Royal Barge, 310
Somerset, Charles Noel. See Beaufort, fourth Duke of
Somerset, Henry See Beaufort, seventh Duke of
Somerset House (or Denmark House, London), 170, 191, 297, 355
Sondes, Grace Watson, Baroness, 257
Sondes, Lewis Watson, Baron, 257
Sophia (Electress of Hanover, 1630–1714), 47
Sophia Charlotte (Queen, 1668–1705), 48
Southcote, Philip (1698–1758), 266, 367, 378, 382, 396
South Sea Bubble (1720), 51, 59, 186, 196, 211
Spain, war with Britain, 76, 186, 563
Spanish Armada, 46, 563
Spectator (magazine), 508–9, 556
Spence, Joseph (1699–1768), 233, 387, 396–97
Spencer, Charles. See Sunderland, third Earl of
Spencer House (London), 588, 592, 595, 598–99
Spenser, Edmund (1552/53–1599), 54, 556. See also Book illustrations
Spicer, John, 255
Sprimont, Nicholas, 540
Stage designs by Kent: The Blazing Comet (Johnson), 34
La Festa d’Imeneo (Porpora), 34
“Lord Wildfire”, 33
Stanhope, James Stanhope, first Earl of
(ca. 1673–1721). See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Stanley, Elizabeth. See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Stanwick Park (Yorkshire), 593
Stately Homes of England (Jewitt), 507
Stella, Françoise Bouzonnet, 528
Stella, Jacques, 528, 529
Stephanoff, James, 272, 276
Stockeld Park (Yorkshire), 593, 594
Stoke Park (Northamptonshire), 37, 73, 229
Stone, Nicholas, 205, 205, 487, 556
Storr, Paul, 539
Stourhead (Wiltshire), 53, 264, 596
Stowe (Buckinghamshire): ceilings, 133, 135, 595
Chinese House, 405
Cobham’s commis
sioning of Kent, 54
Cold Bath, 398
compared to Esher Place, 404
Congreve’s Monument, 398–99, 581
decorative scheme, 126, 142, 207
Elysian Fields, 368, 370, 377, 398, 405, 408, 577, 579
furniture, 475
gardens and garden buildings, 3, 5, 8, 35, 277, 284, 291, 371, 394–95, 398–99, 399, 409, 562, 596
Gothic Temple, 250, 370–71, 395, 595
Hermitage, 264, 284, 370, 398, 398
interior design, 157, 590
Italian influence on, 102
Oxford Lodges and Gates, 398, 406
sale of contents (1921), 605
Temple of Ancient Virtue, 33, 72, 103, 368, 377, 394, 398–99, 577, 597
Temple of British Worthies, 78–80, 219, 285, 368, 370, 377–78, 392, 398–99, 563, 577, 597
Temple of Modern Virtue, 72, 368, 378, 398, 577
Temple of Venus, 2, 33, 35, 177, 325, 328–29, 374, 394, 398
Strafford, William Wentworth, second Earl of (1626–1695). See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials.
Strange, Edward, 308
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London), 171, 247, 595, 595
Strenge, Frederick, 306
Strickland, Sir William (d. 1724), 64, 82, 575, 575
Strickland, Sir William (ca. 1686–1735), 33, 82, 191
Stringer (Thomas & Katherine). See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Stuart, James “Athenian” (1713–1788), 174, 513, 516, 527, 592, 598–99
Stuart, James Edward. See James “III”
Stuarts, 45–48, 51, 185, 201, 250, 566
Sturt, John (1658–1730), 434
Suffolk, Henrietta Howard, Countess of (1689–1767), 55–59, 173, 210, 243, 244
Sullivan, Luke, 381
Summerson, John, 5, 341
Sunderland, Thomas Isham, second Earl of (1641–1702), 90, 315
Sunderland, Charles Spencer, third Earl of (1675–1722), 28–29, 63, 111, 315, 569
Swallow (ship), 28, 91
Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745), 50, 54, 432
Switzer, Stephen, 367, 397
Sybil’s Temple (Tivoli), 372
Sylva or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees (Evelyn), 223, 471
Syon House (London), 50, 216, 218, 374, 598
Syston Park (Lincolnshire), 600, 600
Tabernacle frames, 243, 598
Tables. See Furniture
Talbot, Charles, first Baron (Lord Chancellor), 406
Tallard, Marshal, 568, 569
Talman, John (1677–1726), 28, 28, 31, 64–65, 68, 71, 89–92, 99, 100, 101–2, 111, 119, 123, 153, 196, 248, 249, 315, 393, 448, 450, 455, 460–6l, 550
Talman, William (1650–1719), 28, 28, 29, 64, 90, 217, 450
The Talman Family Group (Grisoni), 28
Tankerville, Charles Bennet, second Earl of, 307
Tardieu, Nicolas, 431–33
Tasso, Torquato (1544–1595), 434, 435. See also Book illustrations
Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 604, 604
Tatham, Thomas, 604
Taylor, Hercules, 306
Taylor, Robert (1714–1788), 594
Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza), 93, 563
The Tempest (Shakespeare), 563
Temple, Anne. See Cobham, Viscountess
Temple, Earl, 135
Temple, Richard. See Cobham, first Viscount
Temple Newsam House (Leeds), 478, 487, 513–14, 599
Temple of Fortuna (Palestrina; ancient Praeneste), 346, 368, 371, 408
Temple of Jupiter Serapide (Rome), 327
Temple of Venus and Rome (Rome), 337
Temple of Vesta (Tivoli), 398, 408
Teniers, David, 476
A Tercentenary Tribute to William Kent (exhibition), 7
Terence (Roman playwright), 136
Terry, John, 261
Terry Leonard, 263
Theatre Royal (Drury Lane, London), 563
Thomas, Evan, 174
Thompson, Nicholas, 5
Thomson, James (1700–1748), 9, 54, 413, 430, 431–33, 432, 437, 559, 574. See also Book illustrations
Thornhill, Sir James (1675–1734), 2, 27, 31, 69–71, 119, 141–42, 272, 274
Thou, Jacques Auguste de, 425
Tillemans, Peter, 207, 208
Tintoretto Jacopo (1519–1594), 93, 95, 112, 275
Tipping, H. Avray, 3
Titian (ca. 1488–1576), 58, 93, 95, 112
Tonson Jacob, 1, 433–34
Topham John, 27
Topham, Richard, 99, 102
Tories, 46–47, 49, 53, 90, 127, 184–85, 195
Tottenham Park (Wiltshire), 37–38, 40, 157, 191, 290, 477–78, 478, 508, 509, 605
Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (Defoe), 189, 223
Townesend, William (ca. 1668–1739), 33, 151, 370, 394
Townesend family, 394
Town houses (London), 161–81. See also 22
Arlington Street; 44
Berkeley Square Devonshire House; 1–2
Savile Row Townshend, Charles Townshend, second Viscount (1675–1738), 54, 75, 81, 130–31, 187, 196, 202–3, 221, 242, 243, 245, 258, 497–98, 575
Townshend, Hon. William (of Honingham), 221, 258
Townshend, Sir Roger (d. 1635/6), 202, 203
Treasure Houses of Britain (exhibition), 7
The Treasury and Houses in Downing Street from St James’s Park (Buckler), 167
Treasury Building (Whitehall, London): architectural design, 2, 75, 318–25, 320
Board Room, 322–24, 323
chairs, 324, 454, 456
chimneypiece, 323, 323, 324
commission of, 52, 76, 316
as exemplar of Anglo–Palladianism, 355
first-floor plan, 321
ground plan, 319
interiors and furnishings, 3, 323–25, 454
north side, 314, 321, 322
Treaties of Utrecht (1713–14), 550
Tree, Nancy & Ronald, 605
Trench, Henry (ca. 1685–1726), 64, 68–69, 92–93, 424, 424, 426
Trent Park (London), 605
Trevisani, Francesco (1656–1746), 67, 92, 186, 189, 219
Triumph of Galatea (Raphael), 310
The Triumph of Venice (Veronese), 132
Trompe l’oeil, 220, 243
Trumball, William, 367
Tudor, 48, 51, 221, 247–49, 251, 253, 259, 280, 370–71, 379, 387
Tudor country houses, 184
Tudor Gothic, 251, 500
Turner, Hill and Pitter, 490
Tuscan, 234, 397, 402, 408
Twickenham Villa (London). See Pope, Alexander
Tylney, first Earl of. See Castlemaine, Viscount
Tyrrell, Colonel James (1643–1718), 394–95
Tyrrell, Lt. General James (ca. 1674–1742), 151, 370–71, 394–95, 580
University of Padua, 93, 102
Upton, John, 441
Urban VIII (Pope): monument, 550
Utrecht, Treaties of (1713–1714), 550
Uwins, Thomas, 562
van Bloemen, Jan Frans (known as Orizonte/ Horizonte, 1662–1749), 139–40, 141
van Bloemen, Pieter (1657–1720), 140, 141
Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726), 29, 52–53, 70, 189, 207, 212, 254, 271, 277, 346, 371, 371, 372, 379, 394, 397, 401, 409, 569, 598
Vanderbank, John, the younger (1694–1739), 30–31, 437
van der Borcht, Jan-Frans, 476
van der Borcht, Pieter, 476
van der Gucht, Gerard, 418
van der Gucht, Jan, 418
van der Vaart, Jan, 119
van Dyck, Anthony (1599–1641), 115, 179, 274, 553, 563
van Honthorst, Gerrit, 133, 134
van Loo, Jean-Baptiste, 222
Vardy, John (1718–65), 4, 37, 158, 179, 218, 227, 232, 254, 255, 260, 263–67, 264–65, 291, 297, 316, 318, 323–24, 352, 355, 405, 500, 509, 575.576, 588, 589, 591–92, 595, 598, 599–600. See also Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent (Vardy)
Vasari, Giorgio, 274
Vassalli, Francesco, 189
Vatican, 100–102, 221
Vaughan, George, 306
Vauxhall Gardens (London), 540
Veigel, Eva Maria, 58
Venetian furnishings, 450, 452
Venetian windows, 199, 212–14, 223, 229–30, 247–48, 251, 280–81, 291, 297, 497, 601
Venice, 29, 47, 93, 112, 195
Venus de Medici, 189, 579–80, 580
Vere, Horace, 203
Verona, Italy, 93
Veronese, Paolo (1528–1588), 93, 95, 112, 131–32, 137, 274–75, 289
Verrio, Antonio (ca. 1639–1707), 69, 141–42, 281
Versailles, 343
Vertue, George (1684–1756), 1–2, 27, 40, 63–65, 68, 70, 75, 77–78, 81–83, 111, 119, 133, 140–41, 157, 187, 201, 207, 220, 222, 274, 369, 414, 427, 559, 570, 570–71, 575, 589
Vervoort, Michel, 569
Veyrier, Christophe, 207
Vicenza, 93, 100
Victoria (Queen, 1819–1901), 307
Victoria and Albert Museum (London), 4, 7–8, 283, 308, 318, 330, 438, 461, 481, 497, 509, 574
View of Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy (Pemberton), 557
Villa Aldobrandini (Frascati), 100, 372, 377
Villa Badoer (Fratta Polesine, Italy), 223
Villa Borghese (Rome), 100, 463
Villa d’Este (Tivoli), 387, 577
Villa Farnese (Colorno), 393
Villa Farnesina (Rome), 116, 310
Villa Madama (Rome), 100–102, 176–77
Villa Mattei (Rome), 398, 577
Villa Mocenigo (Mirano, Italy), 213
Villa Pisani (Bagnolo, Italy), 229
Villa Rotonda (Vicenza), 219, 593
The Village Fête (Teniers), 476
The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated (Castell), 208, 368
Virgil, 127, 414–15, 428
Vite di Pittori (Gabburri), 91
Vitruvian scrolls, 35, 170, 243, 263–65, 283–84, 379, 394, 4 58, 458, 465, 482–83, 487, 498–99, 501—2, 505, 539, 561
“Vitruvio” (Galeazzo Alessi), 69
Vitruvius (1 BCE), 102, 214, 218, 319, 379, 449, 497, 553
Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect (Campbell), 117, 185–86, 196, 220, 223, 234, 394, 551, 594
Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect (Woolfe & Gandon), 168, 169
von Erlach, John Bernhard Fischer, 405
von Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, 597
Wade, George (General, later Field-Marshal), 319
Wainwright, John (d. 1686) & Thomas (d. 1720). See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Wakefield Lodge (Northamptonshire), 37, 73, 164, 186, 225, 228–29, 229, 232, 405
Wakelin, Edward (active 1730–1766), 539, 542–43, 545, 545
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, first Earl of, 49
Wale, Samuel, 52
Wales, Prince of. See Frederick (Prince of Wales) Wallace Collection (London), 479
Wallington Hall (Northumberland), 266, 593
Walnut, 471, 483
Walpole, Horace (1717–1797): on Brettingham’s book, 592
on Burlington and Kent collaboration, 69
on Burlington as patron, 30, 68
on Devonshires, 169
on Ditchley Park, 188
on Esher Place, 209–10
on Gloucester Cathedral screen, 264
on Hampton Court Palace, 251
on Holkham design, 212
Kentian-Gothick motifs at Strawberry Hill and, 595
on “Kentissime,” 184, 210, 438
on Kent’s architectural designs, 2, 34, 39–40, 171, 177, 190, 195, 205, 247, 250, 263, 402
on Kent’s book illustrations, 413–14, 437
on Kent’s furniture designs, 297, 469, 471, 480, 505, 509, 599
on Kent’s influence on English taste, 1, 41, 81–82, 249
on Kent’s landscape architecture, 2–3, 35, 37, 155, 365, 367–69, 373, 379, 384–88, 405, 407
on Kent’s painted ceilings, 193
on Kent’s painting ability, 2, 8, 69, 140, 195
on Lady Isabella Finch, 173–74
on landscape architecture, 372
on Pope and Kent relationship, 366–67
on Queen Caroline as Kent’s patron, 78
on Robert Walpole’s commissioning of Kent, 75, 280
on Rousham House, 221–22, 259
on statuary, 551
on Trench’s career, 68
on Wakefield Lodge, 229
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, first Baron (1678–1757), 187, 195, 590
Walpole, Sir Robert (1676–1745): 10 Downing Street and, 166–67, 172
art collection of, 196, 201
Burlington and, 50
bust of, 76, 201
employment of Kent, 75
fall from power, 355
Gothic design and, 247, 251, 280
opposition to, 54, 79, 250, 559, 562
Order of the Garter awarded to, 553
Paradise Row house (London), 494
patronage of, 54, 72–73, 75–77, 326, 330, 590
portrait of (Eccardt & Wootton), 73
royals’ relationship with, 51, 55
South Sea Bubble and, 51, 186
war with Spain and, 352. See also Excise Bill (1733); Houghton Hall
Wanstead House (Essex): The Assembly at Wanstead House (Hogarth), 190, 190
architectural design, 32–33, 117, 151, 186, 190–91, 193, 195–96, 212
auction of 1822, 32, 191, 501–2, 600–601
ceilings, 68, 117, 141
decorative scheme, 166
furniture, 450, 454, 454–55, 456, 457, 462–63, 469, 474–76, 475, 483, 484, 492, 503–4, 504
Grand or Great Hall, 190–91, 483, 503, 504, 601
Warburton, William, 430
Wardour, sixth Baron Arundell of. See Arundell of Wardour, sixth Baron
Wardour Castle (Wiltshire), 594
Ware, Isaac (1704–66), 33–35, 81, 151, 155, 166–67, 172, 185, 191, 196, 207, 261, 296, 329, 337, 394–95, 395, 513, 580, 589, 591, 594–95. See also Designs of Inigo Jones and Others
Ware, Samuel (1781–1860), 169, 601–2, 603
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748), 352, 563
Warwick, Edward Henry Rich, seventh Earl of, & fourth Earl of Holland: monument, 574
Warwick Castle (Warwickshire), 306, 593
Warwick Church. See St. Mary’s Church
Waterhouse, Ellis, 8
Watkin, David, 5
Watson, Grace. See Sondes, Baroness
Watson, Lewis. See Sondes, Baron
Watson-Wentworth, Alice, 570
Watson-Wentworth, Thomas. See Malton, first Baron
Watson-Wentworth, Thomas (1665–1723), 261, 570, 570–71
Watteau, 404, 542
Waynflete, William (bishop, 1398–1486), 155, 210, 253, 255, 255
Waynflete Tower. See Esher Place
Webb, John (1611–1672), 71, 153, 155, 161, 191, 210, 213, 218, 220, 223, 233–34, 243, 288, 321, 394, 407, 450, 474, 599
Wedding of William and Anne, 75, 77, 282, 282, 293, 294. See also Paintings and drawings by Kent
Weekly Register (journal), 556
Wentworth, Elizabeth (née Osbaldeston), 64
Wentworth, Sir Matthew (second Baronet), 27
Wentworth, Sir Matthew (third Baronet), 27
Wentworth, Thomas, 37, 229
Wentworth, William. See Strafford, second Earl of
Wentworth, Sir William (fourth Baronet), 27, 29, 64, 68, 82, 91–92, 119
Wentworth Castle (Yorkshire), 596
Wentworth Woodhouse (Yorkshire), 185, 219, 571, 590, 599–600
Werrington Church. See St. Martin’s Church
Werrington Park (Cornwall), 266
Westminster Abbey (London): burial vault, 297
Hawksmoor’s embellishments, 51, 247, 251
Henry the Seventh Chapel, 296, 297, 566
Kent painting of Henry V marriage, 139
Poet’s Corner, 556, 563
sculptures and monuments, 3, 8, 34, 51, 57, 548, 550, 554–66, 555, 558, 560–62, 564–65, 577, 581
view from Lambeth (Scott), 304, 347
Westminster Hall (London), 77, 248, 344, 344, 352–53
screen, 248–49, 251, 260–61, 261
Triumphal Arch, 77, 277, 277, 387, 553–54, 554. See also Court of King’s Bench
Westmorland, John Fane, seventh Earl of (1685–1762), 571
West Wycombe Park (Buckinghamshire), 595
Wethersby, Edward, 174, 177
Wettin dynasty, 48
Whately, Thomas, 372
Whigs, 46–48, 53–56, 72, 77, 90, 133, 184–85, 277, 291, 355, 370, 374–75, 471, 549–50, 562–63, 575, 577
White, John, 601, 601
White, Roger, 210
White, Thomas, 317
White, William, 384
Whitehall. See Horse Guards Building; Treasury Building
Whitehall Palace (London), 46, 50–51, 76, 185, 233–34, 315, 321
White House at Kew (Surrey): architectural design, 287, 287
Cabinet Room, 288
ceilings, 124
commission of Kent to renovate, 135, 286–91, 304
Cube Room, 288
demolition of, 294
furniture, 288–91, 289–91
Great (or Long) Gallery, 144, 288, 288–90
Great Staircase, 288
House of Confucius in gardens, 290
Japanese panels, 288
Richards’ work on, 305. See also Kew House
Whittlewood (Whittleberry) Forest, 228, 405
Wickes, George (1698–1761), 526, 528–29, 530, 531, 539–43, 541, 544
Wilcocks, Joseph, 556
Wild, Charles (1781–1835), 270, 273, 275, 275–76, 281, 295, 296, 510
Wilkins, William (the Elder, 1751–1815), 221
Wilkins, William (the Younger, 1778–1839), 280
William the Conqueror, 382
William III (King, 1650–1702) and Mary II (Queen, 1662–1694), 46–47, 49–50, 65, 133, 207, 271, 284, 465, 577
William IV (King, 1765–1837), 307
William (Prince, Duke of Gloucester), 47
William (Prince of Orange, 1650–1702). See William III and Mary II
William (Prince of Orange, 1711–1751). See Wedding of William and Anne
William Augustus. See Cumberland, Duke of
William Kent (Luti), 82
William Kent, 1685–1748: A Poet on Paper (exhibition), 7
Williams, Henry, 282, 282, 283, 480
Williams-Wynn, Sir Watkin, 600
Willoughby, Francis, 57
Willoughby de Eresby, Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, Baroness, 514
Willoughby de Eresby family, 515
Wilmington, Spencer Compton, first Earl of, 172, 355
Wilson, Michael I., 5
Wilton-Ely, John, 5, 7
Wilton House (Wiltshire): architectural design, 169, 292, 319, 321
Colonnade, 483
Double Cube Room, 294, 474
furniture, 7, 454, 474–75, 483, 501
Gothic Hall, 483
Great Anteroom, 475
Jones’s design, 189, 213, 330
refurnishing of, 600
Single Cube Room, 474
statues, 564
Wimborne, Ivor Churchill Guest, first Viscount, 179
Wimborne, Ivor Grosvenor Guest, second Viscount, 179
Wimpole Hall (Cambridgeshire), 600, 601
Winchester, ancient see of, 382
Winchester Cathedral choir screen, 561
Winchilsea, seventh Earl of. See Nottingham, second Earl of
Winder, Samuel, 92
Winder, Thomas, 92
“The Windsor Beauties” (Lely), 282
Windsor Castle (Berkshire), 141, 281, 281–82, 283, 296, 348
Winn, Sir Rowland, 593
Wise, Henry, 284
Wittkower, Rudolf (1901–1971), 4, 37, 99, 142, 184, 212, 214
Woburn Abbey (Bedfordshire), 590–91
Woburn Farm (Surrey), 266, 378, 382, 396
Wollaston, William (1659–1724), 285, 374, 557, 581
Wolsey, Thomas (Cardinal, 1473–1530), 247, 255, 371, 382
Wolterton Hall (Norfolk), 187, 590
Woman not Inferior to Man (“Sophia, a Person of Quality”), 57
Woodden, Joseph, 306
Woodstock Manor (Oxfordshire), 254
Woolfe, John, 168
Woollett, William (1735–1785), 291–92, 292, 375
Wootton, John (ca. 1682–1765), 73, 82, 223, 413, 417–18
The Work of William Kent: Artist, Painter, Designer and Landscape Gardener (Jourdain), 4
Works, Office of/Board of. See Office of Works
Works in Architecture (Adam & Adam), 245, 597–98
Works of Spenser (Hughes ed.), 437
Worksop Manor (Nottinghamshire), 597
Wormleybury (Hertfordshire), 598
Woronzow, Catherine, Duchess. See Pembroke, Countess of
Worsley, Giles, 596
Wotton House (Surrey), 157, 157, 223
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723), 4, 29, 46, 69, 90, 119, 247, 249, 251, 253, 271–72, 277, 315, 321, 348–49, 394, 577
Wrest Park (Bedfordshire): obelisk design, 19, 580
Wright, Richard. See Sculpture, monuments, and memorials
Wright, Stephen (d. 1780), 37, 132,. 136, 137, 157–58, 171, 173–74, 175, 176–77, 178, 223–26, 225–26, 229, 232–33, 233, 264, 294, 296, 316, 355, 396–97, 404, 406–7, 589–90, 590
Wright, Thomas, 266, 266
Wroxton Abbey (Oxfordshire), 595
Wyatt, James (1746–1813), 124, 483, 527
Wyatt, Jeffrey, 224
Wyatt, Lewis, 205
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven), 5
Yarmouth, Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, Countess of, 55
Yaxley, David, 250–51
York Assembly Rooms (York), 35, 82, 156, 261, 319, 329, 337, 349, 514
Yorke, Philip, 187
York House (London), 296
York Minster (York), 248, 261–63, 262, 570, 570, 571, 581, 591
York Watergate (York), 579
Young, Arthur, 187