Sketches of Architectural Details, Chenonceaux and Beaulieu
date: label: Date
content: June 19–20, 1888
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet illustrating six sketches of buildings or architectural ornaments from Chenonceaux and Beaulieu. The upper half of the sheet contains four drawings. From left is a Renaissance style cupola consisting of three arcaded loggias culminating in a cross finial. The lowest loggia has the tallest arches, between which can be seen a bell. To the right of this is a small sketch of a window and dormer, the dormer having a very high projecting pediment and small flame-like finials on top of it and to the left and right. To the right of this is a very elaborate dormer, its upper windowed section supported at left and right by two cusped, round-arched buttresses. Above this is a very small drawing of a cupola and its finial. The bottom half of the sheet illustrates two complete buildings as opposed to their elements. At bottom left is a large tower consisting of a group of turrets massed together. At right is a house seen from the corner, a single turret visible at the left corner, and the peaked roof another seen at right. A small plan of this structure is drawn below the elevation.
place: label: made in
content: Beaulieu, France
label: place depicted
content: Chenonceaux, France
label: place depicted
content: Beaulieu, France
label: made in
content: Chenonceaux, 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: 1943-51-222
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 thick off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 32.1 x 24 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular