Sketches of Riverboats, Tracery, Numbers, and Chain Link
date: label: Date
content: August 21–22, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Six sketches arranged on a vertical sheet. At top left a wood-hulled riverboat is viewed from the side, and also from the bow and stern. Below this is a sketch of the date 1600, the numerals formed by pieces of ironwork with prominent joints. To the right, a late Gothic style tracery window which the artist notes was created with brick and not stone. Above at right are two sketches of a chain with ring- and diamond-shaped links. The diamond-shaped links have spiked projections on either flat side of the link, making it, as the artist notes, difficult upon which to sit.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1943-51-102
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: 32 x 24 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular