Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: The Chicken Court
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor within triple-ruled and wash border on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/8 x 25 1/4 inches (47.3 x 64.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "The CHICKEN COURT in Her[s]tmonceux Ca[s]tle ."; in graphite, lower right: "(with addition of "Dairy Room") | which must have been taken | down some appreciable time | before the painting of the pre- | vious drawing. This | suggests several years between | the two drawings."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Herstmonceux | United Kingdom | East Sussex | Europe | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Howard Farrant, The drawings of Herstmonceaux Castle by James Lambert, senior and junior, 1776-7, Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol. 148, Sussex Archaeological Society, 2010, pp. 177-81, V 2312 (YCBA) Offprint