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