Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Title:
Sketch of the Flutings of the Ionic Columns in the Interior of the Propylaea
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 11 1/2 inches (19.5 × 29.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center left: "The flutings of the Columns supposed | to the Ionic in the Interior of the | Propylaea -"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "Ovolo on the plith under | the Coriatides of the | [Grecthium]. | In some parts einriched with | eggs, in others plain-"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, center: "2:10 1/8 | Diam. of the Shaft."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "x. 11/12. j"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "III/23"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.550
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26722