James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British, Five Designs for a House in the Gothic Style: Plan of the Ground Floor or Principal Story, 1791
- Title:
- Five Designs for a House in the Gothic Style: Plan of the Ground Floor or Principal Story
- Additional Title(s):
- Plan of the Ground Floor or Principal Story
- Date:
- 1791
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor on pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 23 3/8 x 17 1/4 inches (59.4 x 43.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "Plan of the Ground Floor or Principal Story"; in pen and black ink, center left: "Flower Garden"; in pen and black ink, lower center: "12:0 by 54:0"; in pen and black ink, center right: "Court of Offices"; in pen and black ink, center left: "Flower Garden"; in pen and black ink, lower center, "Gravel Walk"; in pen and black ink, at each corner of the plan (four times): "12:0 Diam.r"; in pen and black ink, throughout, dimensions given
signed and dated in black ink, lower left: "James Wyatt 1791"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.402
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | cloister | country house | flower garden | gravel | hedges | lawn | plans (drawings) | stairs
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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John Martin Robinson, James Wyatt (1746-1813), architect to George III , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012, pp. 258, 332, fig. 257, NJ18.W99 R62 2012 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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