Research:
Ink on paper. In old but later Edwardian frame.
Marks:
Inscribed in ink:
Draft for my best Parlour
by Robinson 1739
This elevation of a room is inscribed Draft for my best Parlour by Robinson 1739. This quite possibly references a room at Rokeby Hall, which was executed by its owner Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet (c. 1700–1777), an English politician and leading amateur architect of his day.
Rokeby Hall (today called Rokeby Park) is a country house in County Durham, Northern England. Completed by Robinson in 1735, it is considered a fine example of the Italianate Palladian style. Robinson, who had made his Grand Tour through Greece and Italy, had been captivated by the works of Italian architect Andrea Palladio and continued a tradition of gentlemen-architects, concerning themselves with not only the theory but the practice of architecture.
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