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THE SMITHSON COLLECTION 



There are no 

 elevations preserved 

 which fit these 

 plans, but Smithson 

 has left a number 

 of specimens of his 

 way of dealing with 

 the exterior of his 

 buildings. The 

 most important in 

 size is illustrated in 

 Fig. 17. It follows 

 the usual lines of 

 the period with its 

 mullioned windows, 

 large horizontal 

 cornices, arcaded 

 entrance, balus- 

 traded parapets, and 

 curly central gable ; 

 but it is rather 

 clumsy compared 

 with most of John 

 Thorpe's elevations. 

 So, also, is the eleva- 

 tion of " My Ladye 

 Cookes house in 

 Houlborn " (Fig. 18) 



to which additional interest is lent by the fact that it is dated 

 1619. This front, with its large dominating pediment and 

 circular headed window has a later touch about it, and has lost 

 most of the light-hearted piquancy which characterises the work 

 of the preceding fifty years. 



The hankering after Italian detail which had affected English 

 designers in an increasing degree for many years finds expression 

 in the Smithson drawings, among which are several " Italyan " 

 windows and doors, an "Italyan" gate (Fig. 21), and one or 

 two " pergulars." 



The Thorpe and Smithson drawings are closely allied both 

 in architectural style and in methods of draughtsmanship, 

 although the latter collection is obviously later in feeling. There 



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FIG. 18. Lady Cook's House in Holborn, 1619. 



From the Smithson Collection. 



