Inigo Jones

This exhibition is now closed

This exhibition was based on the first major showing of Inigo Jones' drawings for scenery and costumes staged at Chatsworth during the summer of 1965/66. It was shown in America, Canada, Victoria and Albert Museum, Whitehall and in Venice.

The exhibition comprised 112 drawings, 4 models by L. Praedera and a print by van Voerst after the Van Dyck portrait. There was also a demonstration model of changeable scenery systems, designed by Raymond Boyce, in connection with this exhibition.

A BBC documentary on the life and work of Inigo Jones, entitled His Majesty's Surveyor was on tour with the exhibition. It covered in detail his early life and experiences in Europe, his work as an architect and finally his role in the evolution of the 17th century court masques under the patronage of James I and later Charles I.

Admission was 50 cents for adults. At Dunedin Public Art Gallery the admission fee was dropped after a poor response to the show and the number of visitors incresaed as a result.