Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Title:
Sketch of the Line of the Shaft and Inner Angle of the Abacus
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 7/16 inches (29.2 × 39.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Perpendicular lin of the | Shaft."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: "To the inner angle of the | Abacus-- 1: 7 1/10---"; Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "III/25"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.552
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26724