Gray washes, yellow watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 × 13 5/16 inches (54 × 33.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, upper center: "No.8 (8 inscribed in brown ink) | The Composite Order"; [many architectural inscriptions throughout composition]; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "A Geraldine Humfrey Jones from Lucy E. Mark, artist - daughter of E. W. Mark | H.B.M. Consul at Marseilles" (19th Century) who drew these studies; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center:" A Speimen of the Composite from the Arch of Litus. | at Rome; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Given to A. Geraldine Humfrey Jones."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection