Cobham Hall, Kent: Design for a Lintel for One End of a Passage
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 8 inches (33.7 x 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, top edge "All the part betwixt a _ b_ c _ d to be new except | the past tinged with Indian ink + than to be made out | of the old [?fan] light"; in pen and brown ink, center, "A Door to be made | here similar in design | to the door on the other | end - of the passage"; in pen and brown ink, throughouth, measurements given; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right; "(74/8/14/14) (60) | (IR 93)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.856
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arch | architectural subject | designs | India ink
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Kent | Cobham | Cobham Hall