- Title:
- Octagonal Temple at Shotover Park, Oxfordshire: Plan, Section and Elevation
- Former Title(s):
Design for an Octagonal Temple at Shotover Park, Oxfordshire
Temple Design for Shotover Park, Oxfordshire, ca. 1738-45- Date:
- ca. 1738
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (28.6 x 31.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and LVG below
Signed on verso in pen and brown ink, center right: "W.K."
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "D"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, center right: "Coll: Tyrrell | in Oxfordshire"; in pen and brown ink, center right: "WK"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.152
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | octagonal | pavilions (garden structures)
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- James Tyrell
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10836
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