Adrian Hope's House II: Ante Room - Plan and Elevations of Walls
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite on smooth, thin, beige wove tracing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 17 inches (44.1 × 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Ante Room"; in pen and black ink, center: "NB This room will be a perfect | square - the space within the windows | should be carpeted - the marble | slab for the fire place should be 5 ft long | and 1 ft 6 wide but if the chimney piece be only | a pedestal for the figure enclosing a stove | the capret shoudl run through without any | slab: the recess for the door should be | capreted like the Ante Room - the doors being | hung as shown by the dotted lines"; in pen and black ink, center: "18'7"; in pen and black ink, lower center: "16 feet"; in pen and black ink, upper center and right, dimensions given
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection