Design for a house with a castellated wing

摘要

This iron gall ink and wash perspective view on paper of c1600-10 by John Smythson (d 1634), the 'architecter' of Bolsover Castle and bailiff of the Cavendish Estates, features in Disappear Here: On perspective and other kinds of space, an exhibition designed by Sam Jacob Studio at the RIBA until 7 October, which traces the lineage of perspective across the centuries. Smythson's perspective lines rarely align, creating a sense of flatness and irregularity of composition.