Sketches from Hoorn
date: label: Date
content: August 23, 1887
name: label: Artist
content: Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical sheet consisting of six sketches. Beginning at top right are two small sketches of dormers. The upper example is seen from below and covers a shuttered window. The dormer element ends in a three-sided projection with decorative metalwork cresting at the joints topped with a tall finial above. The lower example is viewed from teh front and it has a projecting pyramidal overhang, topped by a spike finial, similar to a lightening rod. Below this is a sketch of the arms of the town of Hoorn: a unicorn with its head turned to its left, rearing up on the legs of a gargoyle clutching in its hooves a shield with curled sides. At bottom right is a sketch of a double gable masonry house, its 'trapgevel' façade punctuated by iron rod ends to support the stones. At left is a small lookout tower seen from below. The side of this structure has three windows, ending in a drop finial. Above left is the Hospital of Hoorn, a tall masonry building with its façade articulated by five levels with stepped ends and scrolling ornament. The window and entrance openings at the ground level are defined by quoins. There is a Palladian window at the center above the entrance flanked by single round-arched windows on either side. There are four smaller quare shuttered openings; the one at the building's far left has a small lantern projecting from a bracket. The window scheme of the upper stories is similar but a triangular pediment is substituted over the windows. The building bears a date plaque of 1563. To the building's far right is a smaller, simpler three-story building bearing a date plaque of 1723.
place: label: made in
content: Hoorn, Netherlands
label: place depicted
content: Hoorn, 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: 1943-51-104
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: 31.7 x 24 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.), irregular