- Title:
- Cobham Hall, Kent: Ground Plan
- Date:
- 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches (57.5 x 55.2 cm), Sheet: 6 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches (15.9 x 45.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Ground Plan of front of the Offices | and new Passage | Earl of Darnley"; in pen and black ink, upper center: "Housekeepers Room"; in pen and black ink, center left: "The part coloured Red is all that is | intended to be built in present - | The Door marked B - to be .... up afterwards"; in pen and black ink, center: "Stile Room or Waiting Room"; in pen and black ink, center: "old Door | to be used": in pen and black ink, center: "...| same size as | the door opposite | at A"; in pen and black ink, center right: "The Staircase need not | be carried down | because his Lordship | does not mean to | have another passage"; in pen and black ink, lower left: "Opening of Tapestry Room chimney 4/4 | Whole content of ... 8"6 | Height of Chimney - 12"9 | may be reduced - 1"2"; in black ink, lower center: "New Passage"; in pen and black ink, lower center: "Great Staircase"; in pen and black ink, lower right: "Great Drawing Room | C. A piece of Timber to support | the angle of the wall above"; in graphite and black ink, throughout, measurements; in pen and black ink, upper right: scale 1in=4ft; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: " Ground Plan of Front of the | Offices Thew Passage - | Earl of Darnley | May 1790"; in graphite, upper right: "(74/8/14/14) (109) | (IR93)"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.904
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | doors | drawing room | drawing rooms | ground plans | plans (drawings) | staircase | stairs | waiting rooms
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British, Cobham Hall, Kent: Ground Plan, 1798
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