• John Nash (architect)
• Unknown, United Kingdom, early 19th century (draughtsman)
• Great Britain. Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues (client)
• George IV, King of Great Britain (patron)

A preliminary design for Regent's Park drawn over a map of the existing site

1811-1812 over a print of ca. 1805

- An engraved map of Marylebone Park and the streets bordering it to the south, with the outline of the street system for an early version of Nash's plan for Regent's Park superimposed in pen and coloured wash.

• design development drawing

Pen and black ink with watercolour washes over graphite and engraving

sheet: 134.4 x 113.1 cm

DR1984:0569

• orthographic drawing (object)
• plan (drawing)
• site plan
• land use map
• street map

Comprised of six sheets joined together and backed with linen. The map image at the top is completely hand drawn; otherwise, hand additions to the engraving indicate proposed transformations or alterations.

imprinted - labels throughout and with a table of property owners keyed to the map, l.c. inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink: labels on the hand additions to the engraving

• architecture
• architecture de paysage
• urbanisme