Octagonal Plan and Elevation of a Monument
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal sheet folded to create two vertical halves. At left is an octagonal plan of a space, with smaller detailed sketches of the molding profile of a base, and to the right a detail of the entablature of an unknown structure, its molding types delineated clearly. The right sheet contains a quickly drawn selevation of a monument with scrolling pediment and urn finial supported by two uniformly plain columns, all set upon a faceted base.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Italy
label: place possibly depicted
content: Italy
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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: 1943-51-320
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 very smooth, thin cream wove paper tipped into binding with fabric
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 29.5 x 46 cm (11 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.), approximate