Townshend House, Studio-home of L. Alma-Tadema

Title

Townshend House, Studio-home of L. Alma-Tadema

Date Created

Converted c. 1870

Creator

Original architect unknown; conversion designed by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), painter; and George Aitchison (1825-1910), architect.

Description

This was a two-story house, painted brown below and pale yellow above, surrounded by a garden, with the passageway leading up to the entrance. It was customized by Tadema after he moved there in 1870. The house was damaged by an explosion in 1874, then repaired.

Is Referenced By

Haweis, Mary Eliza. Beautiful houses; being a description of certain well-known artistic houses. London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882.

Zimmern, H. “The Home of Alma-Tadema.”In The Art Amateur, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Feb., 1884).
Hatton, Joseph. “Some Glimpses of Artistic London.” In Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 67, no. 402 (November 1883): 828–51.
Droth, Martina. “Sculpture and Aesthetic Intent in the Late Victorian Interior.” In Rethinking the Interior, c. 1867–1896: Aestheticism and Arts and Crafts, edited by Jason Edwards and Imogen Hart. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010.

Contributor

Omeka record contributed by Ekaterina Koposova

Date Submitted

October 12, 2016

Date Modified

December 9, 2016
December 16, 2016, by LM

Address

Townshend House, North Gate Regent’s Park

London borough

St. John's Wood

Town/county

London

Files

Collection

The Artists' Houses

Reference

Original architect unknown; conversion designed by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), painter; and George Aitchison (1825-1910), architect.
, Townshend House, Studio-home of L. Alma-Tadema

Cite As

Original architect unknown; conversion designed by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), painter; and George Aitchison (1825-1910), architect. , “Townshend House, Studio-home of L. Alma-Tadema,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed October 22, 2026, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/377.

Item Relations

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