Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes.
Published / Created:
[England], [not after 1807]
Physical Description:
19 drawings : watercolor ; 22 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3606305
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
The English architect Edward Gyfford (1773-1856) was a pupil of James Lewis and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1791 and 1801. He published two small works: Designs for elegant cottages and small villas (London : J. Taylor, 1806) and Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes (London : J. Taylor, 1807). "In default of commissions, Gyfford appears to have made a living as a draughtsman, making drawings for, e.g. Hughson's London (1805-9). Redgrave says that he was 'a rapid, clever, draughtsman, but managed only to gain a poor subsistence by his profession.'"--Colvin, H. A biographical dictionary of British architects.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans. | Cottages -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans. | Picturesque, The, in architecture -- Great Britain.
