Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Title:
Architectural Drawing
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.6 × 48.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "[I centri dei otto primi giri sono trovati ion rego | larito geometrica, per gli ulsini, lirando il | circolo della voluta seconda le mesience, | ron si vede da qual regola si stabilisimo]"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "IIi/84"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.612
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26789