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Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British, The Mad House in the Suburbs of Vienna, 1804
- Title:
- The Mad House in the Suburbs of Vienna
- Part Of:
Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804
- Date:
- 1804
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 11/16 inches (23.2 × 19.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "Each Cell contains two beds- | The Building is five stories high. | the plan of each is the same. | A. The Entrance is by a passage under | this Cell.-- | The dimensions marked are only intended | to give a general idea of the size as | they were calculated merely from paces | made on the spot."; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "The Mad house in the | Schools of Vienna -- Oct. 1804."; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "IV/91"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.717
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26901
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