Richard Norman Shaw RA, Design for Grims Dyke, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London: details of dining-room chimney-piece, Signed and dated 10 September 1870.
Pencil and wash. 500 mm x 660 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Design for Grims Dyke, Old Redding, Harrow Weald, London: details of dining-room chimney-piece, Signed and dated 10 September 1870
Richard Norman Shaw RA (1831 - 1912)
RA Collection: Art
The client of Grims Dyke was the Royal Acadamician painter Frederick Goodall. A later, and more famous occupent of the house was W.S. Gilbert, operetta librettist with the composer Arthur Sullivan. The country house is neo-Tudor in style.
This set of drawings is chiefly composed of contract drawings, with all the principal floor plans and elevations given. A very fine perspective, shown at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1872 is also included.
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