Sketch of Cathedral Tower and Doorway
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet with two sketches: above, a Romanesque cathedral tower with noticeable additions. The tower's façade is articulated by three tall lancet window openings with louvers (possibly containing a bell within). A small arcaded tracery balustrade is below. Above the lancets is a broken pediment that projects upward, surmounted by ball finials at the three corners of the pediment. At right is another finial; at left, a short masonry element supporting a flag. This story has a small gallery that projects forward. Beneath these projections are tall, slender masonry supports creating an openwork lancet. The drawing on the lower half of the sheet is a detailed sketch of a Baroque doorway. The doors are framed by an arch with quoins and doric columns supporting a thick cornice. Above each column is a lion facing the other. The façade continues behind them: a broken pediment is raised up ending in a semicircular cap. Large c-scrolls at either side further define the imposing pediment. Behind this is the continuation of a wall with a gallery at right.
place: label: made in
content: Dordrecht, Netherlands
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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: 1943-51-110
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 green paperboard tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: 31.4 x 23.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular