Benoist, Antoine (1721 - 1770) - Palace of White-Hall, 1748 Framed Watercolour and pencil on paper

Watercolour and pencil on paper

places an emphasis on the ongoing act of rebuilding and reconstruction

Medium: Engraving on paper

5cm by 48cm

Benoist, Antoine (1721 - 1770) - Palace of White-Hall, 1748 Framed Watercolour and pencil on paperAntoine Benoist (1721 1770). Printed 1748. Engraving on paper, from original design by Inigo Jones (1573 1652). Inigo Jones (15731652), regarded as the first significant classical architect in England, transformed British architecture through his introduction of Palladian principles inspired by the buildings of Renaissance Italy. At Whitehall Palace, Jones designed the celebrated Banqueting House in 1619, now the sole surviving element of the once