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There are very few identified drawings by Nost,  the others being in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the British Museum, London.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>William III, who reigned with his wife, Mary II, from 1689 to1702, is here portrayed in Roman costume. The central figure is flanked  by two putti symbolising the continents of Europe and America. The work might have been intended as a companion to a statue of  Mary with the other two continents.<br><br><b>People</b><br>John Nost was a native of Malines in The Netherlands. He is first recorded in England around 1678, working at Windsor Castle under Hugh May. His workshop was in the Haymarket and he specialised in lead figures, though he also worked in other materials, such as stone and terracotta.  The workshop made a number of pieces for William III's gardens. Other statues by Nost also show the King as a Roman emperor, including two in lead, one at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, and one in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire, which could relate to this drawing.","physicalDescription":"Drawing","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Nost, John van (I)","id":"A8703"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen and ink and wash on paper","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM3018","2019MC9825"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"54B (VA)","id":"THES49248"},"free":"","case":"CA14","shelf":"DR4","box":"1"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"designs","id":"AAT102051"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1689-1700","earliest":"1689-01-01","latest":"1700-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"49.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"18.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 13/07/1999 by sp","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Drawn in England by John van Nost (possibly born in Mechelen, The Netherlands, active in England from about 1678, died in London, about 1712)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design for a Statue of William III, drawn in England by John van Nost, 1689 - 1700","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"William III (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Prince of Orange)","id":"N2039"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"putti","id":"AAT250465"},{"text":"statues","id":"AAT47600"},{"text":"plinths","id":"AAT1749"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"classicism","id":"AAT56513"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis is a preparatory design for a statue of William III, possibly for the gardens of Hampton Court Palace near London. William III used statues to promote his royal image in public. Here, his role is underlined by the sculptor John van Nost, who showed him in the costume of a Roman emperor.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["9145"],"accessionNumberNum":"9145","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LM5206","2019LP6472","2019LP1704"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-09","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}