Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British
Title:
Cobham Hall, Kent: Cornice and Battlement for the Dairy
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and brown and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (56.5 x 35.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Cornice and Battlement for the Dairy"; in graphite, lower right: "Plate"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink: "A Battlement for the Dairy | Earl of Darnley"; in graphite, upper left: "A | face of [?floating] on wall"; in graphite, upper left: "Moulding at A", "A", Wall line"; in graphite, lower left: "Wall line above the [...]"; in graphite, lower center: "9 in"; in graphite, lower right: "(74/8/14/14) (11) | (IR93)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.806
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | battlements | walls | cornices | dairies (non-mechanized)
Associated Places:
England | Cobham Hall | Kent | Cobham | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13173