Proposed Basement Floor Plan, South Wing, Montgomery Place Mansion
Entry/Object ID
MP.2005.4
Description
Proposed basement floor plan for south wing, Montgomery Place mansion: entitled "Basement" at viewer's lower left, rendered in ink, gouache, and pencil; plan consists of four rooms, a long hallway in the center, and corner staircase; walls colored with gouache; "9.3" written in each of the three rooms on right, indicating depth of rooms; the "milk room," the long room on the right, is "20" feet deep; the room at the lower left and milk room are both "9.8" wide; the hallway has "11 ft." written in the center and connected to each interior wall by a dotted line; "ARCH" at bottom wall; wall measured a "34 ft. 8" with line at either side; scale at bottom "0/10/20."
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Alexander Jackson Davis
Attribution
Artist
Date made
1841 - 1842
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
See description
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Princeton list 2
Dimensions
Dimension Description
matted
Height
16 in
Width
17-3/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 16 x 17 3/8 in. (40.6 x 44.1 cm)
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
9-1/8 in
Width
11-1/16 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 11 1/16 in. (23.2 x 28.1 cm)
Material
Paper (wove), ink, gouache, and pencil
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Some discoloration around edges; some surface dirt.
Notes
Remarks: Conserved and matted by Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1987-1988.
General Notes
Note Type
General Note
Note
"A" written in pencil in viewer's lower right corner indicates A. J. Davis expert Jane Davies thought that this drawing was by Davis. She attributed drawings while serving as a consultant c. 1988.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Map drawer 2