Cobham Hall, Kent: Drawings of Windows for Parlor Floor
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 inches (21 x 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Parlour floor at Cobham Hall | No 8 of this size"; in pen and black ink, center left: "8 - 8 1/2 | 4-4 3/4"; in pen and black ink, upper center: "Center Window One pair over | Hall door - only one wanting"; in black ink, center, "10- 1 3/4 | 6..0"; in pen and black ink, upper right: "One pair Windows | No 8 of this size -"; in pen and black ink, center right: "10 -1 3/4 | 4 - 4 3/4", inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "(74/8/14/14) (55) | (IR93)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection