Description
Two Alternate Elevations of the Court Front and Corresponding Ground Floor Plans.
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed on recto, upper left, in pen and black ink: “Court Front of the Plan under”; in pen and black ink on lower left: “Plan of the Ground floor of the same House with Letter A having a | different disposition of offices”; in pen and black ink on upper right: “Court Front of the Plan under”; in pen and black ink on lower right: “Plan of the Ground floor of the same House as Letter A with a Second disposition | of the offices”; in pen and black ink on lower left, ground floor plan of east office wing labeled: “Porter Lodge / 12 Sqr”, “7-6 / By / 12-0 / Scullerie”, “10-0 / By / 12-0 / Servants eating / Room”, “11-0 / By / 12-0 / Butterie”, “Back Court / 17-0 / By / 23-0”, “Kitchin / 15-0 / By / 23-0”; in pen and black ink on lower left, ground floor plan of centre range labeled: “Entry / 10-0 / By / 15-0”, “Stewarts [sic] Hall / 15-0 / By / 10-6”, “Larder / 7-6 / by / 16-6, Cellar / 19-6 / By / 15-0”, “Cellar / 19-6 / By / 15-0”, “Cellar / 7-6 / By / 16-6”, “Servants Hall / 15-0 / By / 14-6”; in pen and black ink on lower left, ground floor plan of west wing labeled: “Back Court”, “Womens Room (Dairy rubbed out)”, “Landry”, “Gyle House”, “Dairy (Landry rubbed out)”, “Brewing / and / Washing House”; in pen and black ink on lower right, ground floor plan of east wing labeled: “Porter Lodge / 12 sqr”, “Servants / Eating Room / 12-0 / By / 12-6”, “Scullerie / 12 sqr”, “Kitchin / 22-0 / By / 16-0”, “Butterie / 15-0 / By / 12-0”, “Back Court”; in pen and black ink on lower right, ground floor plan of centre range labeled: “Entry”, “Stewarts [sic] Hall”, “Larder”, “Cellar”, “Cellar”, “Cellar”, “Servants Hall”; and in pen and black ink on lower right, ground floor plan of west wing labeled: “Back Court”, “Dairie”, “Brewing / and / Washing House”, “Gyle House”, “Womens room”, “Landry”, and some calculations given in graphite on centre left.
Descriptive Medium
Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Whitton, Twickenham, London, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
