64 THE CHATSWORTH DRAWINGS 



mentioned by Aubrey were those left to William Webb by 

 his father, for it is extremely unlikely that there would have 

 been two collections of the kind. There is no record of how 

 Mr Oliver obtained them, nor of how he disposed of them ; the 

 next thing that is known is that Lord Burlington had acquired 

 the larger half and Dr Clarke the smaller, but in some respects 

 the more important. Lord Burlington's portion descended 

 to the Dukes of Devonshire, and the seventh duke made a gift 

 of a great part to the Royal Institute of British Architects, in 

 whose library they are preserved. Some, however, he retained 

 at Chatsworth, including a series entitled " Designs for White- 

 hall,'"' which are, as a matter of fact, mostly preliminary sketches 

 by Webb for the various versions of the great palace ; and a 

 large number of designs by Jones for the scenery, setting, and 

 costumes of masques, as well as some by Webb. Dr Clarke 

 bequeathed his portion to Worcester College, Oxford, on his 

 death in 1736. It is practically certain that the Burlington 

 collection and that at Worcester College were originally one 

 collection, inasmuch as each contains drawings which supple- 

 ment some of those in the other. At Worcester College are the 

 " designs for all Whitehall suitable to the Banqueting House," 

 together with a large number of miscellaneous drawings. At 

 Chatsworth are designs of the Banqueting House itself, together 

 with many preliminary drawings for the palace at Whitehall. 

 At the Royal Institute of British Architects is a drawing of the 

 west front of St Paul's, together with many others, notably those 

 of the King Charles block at Greenwich, and almost the whole 

 series which Kent used for his second volume of " Designs of 

 Inigo Jones." 



Besides these drawings there are yet others attributed to 

 Jones at the British Museum. Some of these are the originals 

 of the design for Whitehall Palace published by Campbell in 

 his "Vitruvius Britannicus," which is quite different from that 

 published by Kent. Others are sketches of figures and drapery 

 undoubtedly drawn by Jones. The drawings used by Campbell 

 were in 1717 in the possession of William Emmett, of Bromley, an 

 architect, but it is not known how he became possessed of them, 

 nor whether they once formed part of Webb's collection, but their 

 style links them up with the rest of the drawings of the palace. 1 



The whole of these drawings have until quite recently been 

 1 One of this series is illustrated in Fig. 39. 



