Sketches from Buhl
date: label: Date
content: May 23, 1888
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet depicting four sketches of buildings or architectural elements. The upper half of the sheet has two views of a half-timbered building. The left drawing shows the building with a masonry first story and half-timber and plaster above. At right, possibly the same building from the rear. Below is another half-timbered building seen from a three-quarter view. It has timbering that alternates between straight timbers and those have been carved into an S-shape. Above is a deep overhang and steep tiled roof. At right is the steeple of a bell tower, consisting of a trio of graduated onion domes, and a small finial.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
label: place depicted
content: Buhl, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1943-51-205
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Album page
label: Type
content: Album page
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.5 x 24 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular