Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 21 7/8 inches (33.7 x 55.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "Section through the Offices | Earl of Darnley | Pitch of the roof to be | regulated by the present | one"; in pen and black ink, center left: "The passage to be lighted over the | Doors is at A & glassed with ground glass"; in pen and black ink lower center: "Door to | the house | keepers | room"; in pen and black ink, center right: "The height of this | Tower to be regulated | by the opposite one | at the other end of | the Offices"; in pen and black ink, lower center, bar scale labeled "0" to "30"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Section through the Offices | Earl of Darnley"; in graphite, upper right: "(74/8/14/14) (111) | (IR 93)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection