Sarsden House and Gardens, Oxfordshire: Bird's-eye View
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite: "perspective view of Sarsden, seat of Sir J[ames Langston]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.386
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | country house | gardens | fountain | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Oxfordshire | England | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 137, no. 115, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)Eric R. Wolterstorff, British architectural drawings, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 1982, p. 20, no. 28, V 0251 (YCBA)