Design for Grosvenor House, London: Plan for Rebuilding the South Front
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/16 × 30 3/4 inches (51.9 × 78.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "The Rebuilding, and bringing forward, the South Front of Grosvenor House 3 feet, from A to B"; in pen and black ink, upper center: "Design No 2"; in pen and black ink, center left to right, plan labeled: "Picture", "Gallery", "Drawing room", "Present wall", "Area", "A", "Bow Draw.g room", "Ante Dining room", "Present wall", "Area", "B"; in pen and black ink, lower center, bar scale labeled "0" to "100", "Scale of Feet"; in pen and black ink, lower center, bar scale labeled "1" to "12 1/4 diameters"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection