Title

The frontispiece to Dr Brook Taylor's Perspective of Architecture, 1760. Artist: W Woollett

Caption

The frontispiece to Dr Brook Taylor's Perspective of Architecture, 1760. A cherub sits on the edge of a lake with a book on its lap, which refers to the architecture of Palladio. A shaft of light from over the hill shines past him and onto an architectural drawing. By the cherub's feet is a protractor and ruler. On the edge of the lake is a neoclassical temple. On the right is a partial fluted column decorated with a crown and feathers.
Museum of London

Date

1760

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A84_320

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 16,5in x 11,8in / 4936 x 3540 (300dpi)

Keywords

hill religious architecture arts light religion temple lake art book pointing geography feathers feather Neo-classical column pillar pillars century drawing maths mathematics measurement cherub rule literature crown ruler arithmetic B&W PROTRACTOR MONOCHROME fluted putto black & white black and white B W Neoclassical Neoclassicism 18th century Eighteenth Century Neo-Classicism Museum of London geographical feature mathematical instrument putti engraving Taylor William Hogarth;Hogarth William;W Hogarth W Woollett Andrea Andrea Palladio Palladio Doctor Brook Taylor Doctor Brook Woollett W Doctor Brook Taylor Andrea Palladio engraving