Proposed Floor Plan for Principle Floor, South Wing, Montgomery Place Mansion
Entry/Object ID
MP.2005.6
Description
Proposed floor plan for principle floor, south wing, Montgomery Place mansion: entitled "Principle floor" at viewer's left; rendered in ink, gouache, and pencil; plan consists of three rooms, a hallway, and a corner staircase; doors and windows pierce walls colored with gouache; porch with two sets of steps surrounds south wing on three sides; dimensions written inside rooms: "20 ft. 6" x "17.5," "13.6" x "13 ft.," "7 ft. 6," and "8 1/2;" two closets are penciled in the center of the drawing with the notations "closet" and "this room will be 17-5 from 13-6;" width and depth of porch is also marked with dotted lines at various spots; a bowed wall is drawing in pencil, the following in ink "intended prospective from 4 to 5 feet;" on the side with bowed wall is written "this window closed;" faint bowed wall penciled in at otherside as well; notations around edge "30 ft," "7-6 height of door," and "34 ft.;"
scale at bottom running from 0 to 40; faint drawing of trapezoid at left.
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 4
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
9-1/8 in
Width
18-1/4 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (23.2 x 46.4 cm)
Dimension Description
matted
Height
15-5/8 in
Width
24-1/2 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 24 1/2 in. (39.7 x 62.2 cm)
Material
Paper (wove), ink, gouache, and pencil
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Some discoloration around edges; some slight foxing and staining on surface.
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