Sketches of Château de Fontainebleau
date: label: Date
content: May 8, 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 three sketches of architectural elements of the Château de Fontainebleau. The upper half of the sheet depicts a tall mansard roof with chimney and a round tower with steep roof and classical dormer to the right. To the right of this sketch is the letter F, rendered as if made up of masonry segments. The lower half of the sheet illustrates the clock tower (Tour de l'Horloge) and the pavillon of the Cour de Cheval. The clock tower is in a very reserved Renaissance style with three stories, each defined by columns at the corners and separated by stringcourses, surmounted by an arcaded cupola and finial. The pavillion at left is in the French Renaissance style, the two floors dominated by the massive, overscaled mansard roof above.
place: label: made in
content: Fontainebleau, France
label: place depicted
content: Fontainebleau, France
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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: 1943-51-201
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: 31.4 x 24 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular