- Creator:
- James Malton, 1761–1803, British
- Title:
- Preparatory drawing for the Title page, "Designs for Villas" (A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats)
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 3/16 × 7 7/8 inches (13.2 × 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center: "Designs/ for/ Villas"; on verso in graphite, upper right: "18"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2873
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- diamonds (motifs) | text | trapezoid | title page | genre subject | borders (ornament areas) | ornaments | type | title page designs | Ornamental borders (Decorative arts) | motifs | ornament, geometric | designs | scrolls (motifs)
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11104