Name/Title
Drawing, architecturalEntry/Object ID
MP.96.9Description
Preparatory drawing. Pencil sketch of south end of mansion with black ink highlighting south wing, balustrade, and basement level. Wing consists of gentle pitched roof with two French windows with diamond-pane glass. Pediments, left is plain, right shows shell detail. Center door with arched mullion, shell motif, diamond glass panes and carved frame suggested by sketched lines. Portico features pitched roof with shell and scroll detail at peak. Twisted columns with capitols. Details of arch; two windows in basement picked out in ink. Porch on front of house with pitched roof and twisted column and two stains also executed in ink.
Details executed in pencil:
1. Sketch of detail of cantilevered roof: "cantaliver" inscribed on support.
To left, top to bottom:
2. Sketch of a column with a vegital capital, and section of column. Written vertically alongside, script, "This column instead of the special".
3. Larger detail of section of column "8" in center.
4. Detail of a dormer (?) with grid-like pattern.
Below elevation = scale markings with semi-circle tangent to right end (pencil).
A trefoil to top right corner.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Alexander Jackson DavisAttribution
ArtistDate made
1841Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See description.Dimensions
Dimension Description
FramedHeight
20-3/4 inWidth
25 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 25 in. (52.7 x 63.5 cm)Dimension Description
SightHeight
17-3/8 inWidth
14-1/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 17 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (44.1 x 35.9 cm)Material
Watercolor, Paper, ink, PencilCondition
Notes
Remarks: Conserved. Mounted in acid-free mat and framed.Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
MP.96.8 - Drawing, architectural - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Unit 1 Slot 1Note Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial