Five architectural studies for Copped Hall, Essex: two for the hall and three for Mr Conyer's library

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JAMES WYATT, P.R.A. (WEEFORD 1746 - 1813 MARLBOROUGH)
Five architectural studies for Copped Hall, Essex: two for the hall and three for Mr Conyer's library
i) signed and dated 'James Wyatt Arch^t. 1775.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Interior of the West Side of the Hall at Copped Hall in Essex.' (upper centre)
ii) signed and dated 'James Wyatt Arch^t. 1775.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Cieling [sic] of the Hall at Copped Hall in Essex.' (upper centre)
iii) signed and dated 'James Wyatt Arch^t. 1776' (lower left) and inscribed 'Entrance side of M^r Conyer's Library at/ Copped Hall.' (upper centre)
iv) signed and dated 'James Wyatt Arch^t. 1776' (lower left) and inscribed 'The Side opposite the Chimney of M^r Conyer's Library at/ Copped Hall.' (upper centre)
v) signed and dated 'James Wyatt Arch^t. 1776' (lower left) and inscribed 'The Ceiling of M^r Conyer's Library at Copped Hall.' (upper centre)
all further inscribed with scale (lower centre)
i and ii) pencil, pen and black ink, buff, grey and green wash on paper
iii, iv and v) pencil, pen and black ink, buff and grey wash on paper
each 13 ½ x 19 ½ in. (34.5 x 49.5 cm.)
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Copped Hall is on the northern edge of Epping Forest, Essex. Once a hunting lodge owned by Henry II, and later Henry VIII, the estate was given by Elizabeth I to Sir Thomas Heneage in 1564. He undertook the first major rebuilding project, completed for the Queen's visit in 1568.

It later passed through several hands before being sold to Edward Conyers in 1739, whose son, John, demolished the existing house in 1748. John Conyers' rebuilding was in the modern Palladian style, under the architect John Sanderson, and was completed in 1758.

In 1775 John Conyers died and his son, also John, commissioned James Wyatt to make internal changes, to which these drawings relate. Other sheets for Wyatt's project are in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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