Volume: Dover Castle, Kent

Description

Thirty reconstruction drawings and thrity-one general illustrations depicting Dover Castle and related structures, produced for reproduction in site guidebooks and other publications and/or on information panels placed at the site itself.

There are a large number of concept design drawings created in the mid to late 2000s, visualising designs for the new suite of interpretation at Dover Castle, including the 'Operation Dynamo' WWII displays and the reinterpretation of King Henry II's chambers in the Keep, which opened in June 2011.

The twenty-nine reconstruction illustrations include a large number which tells the story of the Great Seige of Dover Castle which took place in 1216.

Illustrators whose work is represented include Ivan Lapper, Terry Ball, Peter Dunn, Liam Wales and Phil Kenning. There is one Oversized Drawing included in this set of illustrations.

There are also twenty-five black and white preliminary sketches and some additional backup material, created by Peter Dunn, and thirty-one black and white and three colour preliminary sketches and additional backup material including twenty-eight colour photographs created by Terry Ball. Alongside these is one colour sketch by Phil Kenning. These have not been catalogued at item level.

Content

This is part of the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

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