Drawing Room of Lea Castle, Looking West
ca. 1816
Medium
Watercolor, brush and brown ink, over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 14 3/16 x 12 15/16 in. (36.1 x 32.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.601(5)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined elegance of the *Drawing Room of Lea Castle Looking West*, a captivating watercolor by British artist and architect John Carter, created around 1816. This detailed interior view captures the opulent Gothic Revival aesthetics of Lea Castle in Worcestershire, England, showcasing intricate architectural ornamentation from a westward vantage. Carter, renowned for his meticulous topographical drawings of ancient and medieval buildings, documented such spaces to preserve Britain's architectural heritage amid growing interest in historic revival during the Regency era. Rendered...
About the Artist
John Carter
John Carter RA, born in 1942 in Hampton Hill, Middlesex, emerged as a pivotal figure in British abstract art through his innovative sculptures. He began his formal training at Twickenham School of Art from 1958 to 1959, followed by Kingston School of Art from 1959 to 1963, where he studied under the influential painter Terry Frost. A Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship then took him to Italy, enabli...