John Yenn, 1750–1821, British, Design for Wall Decoration, ca. 1800
- Title:
- Design for Wall Decoration
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: Plan Showing a Design for Refitting a Room
- Date:
- ca. 1800
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, pen and ink and watercolor on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "New deal floor, Little Red Room"; in graphite, upper left: "add in door"; in graphite, upper left: "d.o window"; in graphite, upper left: "New deal [---]ed floor Center WEst"; in graphite, left: "add in door"; in graphite, left: "Window"; in graphite, left: "add in door"; in graphite, left: "Water Closet"; in graphite, lower left: "Glass"; in graphite, throughout, calculations and dimensions given
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.648
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12084
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Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 149, no. 127, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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