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Ware was born to a life of poverty, living as a street urchin and working as a chimney sweep, until he was adopted by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington at the age of eight (in about 1712) after which he was groomed and educated as a young nobleman. Reportedly he was drawing on the pavement of Whitehall whereupon Burlington, recognising the ...
Jun 27, 2018 · Ware, Isaac (1704–66). English architect. Apprenticed to Ripley, he later became under Burlington's aegis an able devotee of Palladianism.He published Designs of Inigo Jones and Others (1731 and 1743— which included many drawings from Burlington's collection), The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houghton in Norfolk (1735), and the celebrated scholarly translation (and immaculate edition ...
Isaac Ware A Complete Body Of Architecture. Adorned With Plans and Elevations, From Original Designs. By Isaac Ware, Esq. Of His Majesty's Board of Works. In which are interspersed Some Designs of Inigo Jones, never before published. - London:: [1756] 06/4121
Isaac Ware was a prominent figure in the English Rococo movement, who built several country houses and translated Andrea Palladio's Four Books of Architecture. He also designed the Treasury House in 10 Downing Street and the Salon Ceiling in Houghton Hall.
A collection of etchings and engravings by Isaac Ware, published in London around 1731, featuring the architectural designs of Inigo Jones and others. The book is part of The Met's Drawings and Prints collection and is not on view.
Architect; of humble origin, sent to Italy to study; on his return closely connected with Lord Burlington's circle; from 1728 Ware held several posts in the office of works, and from 1736 was secretary to the board; built Chesterfield House, 1748-49 (destroyed 1934) and Wrotham Park, Middlesex, 1754, built for the unfortunate Admiral Byng; published The Complete Body of Architecture, 1735, and ...
A pen and ink plan of the middle room on the west front of the first floor of Treasury House, the London residence of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Britain. The drawing is by Isaac Ware, who worked with William Kent, the architect of the house, and is inscribed by Horace Walpole, Robert Walpole's son.
