The drawings themselves are of superb quality—it would, indeed, be impossible to excel them as specimens of line draughtsmanship; and included on the plates are small photographic reproductions of the actual work.
The scope of the portfolio is best shown by the following annotated list of the subjects illustrated:—
Staircase at Thorpe Hall (2 plates).
One of the finest examples of a seventeenth-century English staircase, richly wrought and carved.
Porch at Rainham (2 plates).
A very graceful design, executed in wood, dating from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.
King’s Bench Walk Doorways (3 plates).
By Wren, displaying all his skill in the use of brickwork.
Panelling and Chimneypiece in New River Company’s Offices (5 plates).
As an example of the Later English Renaissance, nothing finer than this room could be conceived. The carved enrichments are in the manner of Grinling Gibbons.