Three Sketches: Building Details, Strasburg
date: label: Date
content: August 16, 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 three sketches of details from buildings in Strasburg, clockwise from top left:view of a roofline corner with a slender chimneytop behind. The chimneytop has blind panels interrupted by a projecting cornice, above which are two round-arched openings on the two visible façades. Above this is another projecting cornice surmounted by two gables on either face; at right is a detail of a waterspout visible on a building façade. The gutter projects from the building and a second piece in the shape of a dragon's head creates the mouth from which the water sprays. This piece is tethered to the wall of the building by an intricate s-link chain and ornamental bracket. Below is a three-story building with a prominent, tiled gable roof and multiple chimneys punctuating its roofline.
place: label: made in
content: Strasburg, France
label: place depicted
content: Strasburg, 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: 1943-51-90
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: 31.2 x 23.7 cm (12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.), irregular