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Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
Title
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic.
Production
circa 1830.
Physical Description
1 v. ([13] leaves) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Illustrations either in pen and black ink, with black, grey and brown wash, or in graphite.
Cover title: Architectural illustrations.
Date of publication supplied from dealer information.
Quarter gilt- and blind-tooled calf with marbled paper covers; black morocco label with title stamped in gilt letters on upper board; pink watered silk end-papers.
Captions in English, French and Italian.
Provenance
Bookseller's ticket of Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc. Art and architecture books Los Angeles, Calif. 90045 on inside of lower board.
Summary
Album of architectural illustrations by an unknown artist. Consists of a calligraphic title page followed by 12 drawings in watercolor or graphite. All are mounted on leaves of yellow-coated paper, and separated by brown paper guard-sheets. A frame for each drawing and a caption title has been added in pencil on each of the yellow leaves (except for the final drawing, which is uncaptioned).
Variant and related titles
Architectural illustrations
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 08, 2007
Contents
At Sir R.C. Hoare's, Bart., Stourhead
Avanzi del tempio di Giove Tonante
A Caen, Normandie
Avanzi di una galleria, nella Villa Adria
Croix antique, au nord de France
Pronao del Tempio di Ercole, a Cora
Arco Trionfale di Tito Vespasiano a Roma
Lindisfarne Abbey Holy Isle; Northumberland
Tempio della Sibilla, à Tivoli
At Alfreton, Derbyshire
At Agrigentum.
References
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
Cite as
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Graphite drawings.
Ink drawings.
Wash drawings.
Sketchbooks.
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