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Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding illustrating at center a rough sketch of the elevation of a building with a high dome in the center supported by two smaller arches at the left and right. To the right of this are two sketches wooden molding profiles, and another smaller sketch of the same elevation at left, but here shown with a low pitched roof above the domes.

Album Page, Elevation of Central Domed Building and Sketches of Beam...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-260

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Album Page, Sketches Possibly of Fireplace from Château de Blois, France,...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-270

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical sheet folded and tipped horizontally into binding. The lower half of the sheet illustrates an elevation of a building with circular staircase at left leading to the second story. To the right of this at the first and second story is a colonnaded loggia. The roof above contains five dormered windows. The upper half of the sheet contains a sketch of a rectangle with eight lines terminating in arrows. There are inscriptions about the dimensions of the building's components written throughout.

Album Page, Elevation of House at Troyes, France, late 19th century
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-276

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Album Page, Traced Profile of Baluster from Loggia at Château Blois, France,...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-282

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical sheet illustrating a sketch of a window with two small arched openings and a ball finial above. To the right is a cross-section, possibly of the molding for the window seen at left.

Album Page, Sketch of Third Window, Second Story, Possibly at Abbey of...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-259

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding and oriented so that the right edge of sheet is the top of the drawing space. At left is a view in plan and elevation of a modillion with leaf and rosette elements. To the right of this, and perpendicular to the drawing at left, is an elevation of the lower section of a group of pilasters with details of their dimensions and color indicated. Below this, and again perpendicular to the first drawing at the left side of the sheet, is a plan, possibly of a group of pilasters like those in the second drawing previously described.

Album Page, Sketches of Pilaster and Architectural Details, Possibly from a...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-269

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding illustrating at tright the elevation of the façade of a three-story building with pitched roof and arched front. To the left and below the drawing are lengthy inscriptions.

Album Page, Elevation of Warehouse, Pisa, Italy, late 19th century
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-274

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical sheet tipped into binding depicting an elevation of a window inset with an arcade supported by three slender columns. Below this is a section through the window sketched above. A further detailed section of the columnar supports has been sketched below this and included dimensions and measurements.

Album Page, Elevation and Plan of Second Window, Possibly at Abbey of...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-261

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding so that the top edge of the drawing is the right side of the sheet. Depicted on the sheet are a view in plan and elevation with measurements of the interior structure of a belfry with pulley and bells represented. The verso has a small, light sketch of a paneled element, like a belfry cap, topped by a small finial.

Album Page, Sketches of Belfry at Honfleur, France, late 19th century
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-267

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal sheet tipped vertically into binding depicting the elevation of a building with only some of its elements represented. The buliding has a tiled roof, balcony, and stairway leading to the right. It appears that there are two window openings above and a two doorways below. Two columns standing one on top of the other are also represented. Separate from this to the right is a view of the same stairway but seen in elevation, as one would walk up the stairs, thus the roofline is depicted here as sloping down, and the columns are seen at the right of the stairs.

Album Page, Elevation of a Courtyard, Verona, Italy, late 19th century
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-265

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Sheet has been folded and tipped vertically into binding. Depicted at left is the elevation of a single arch with an entablature above. This is possibly the elevation of the corner of a loggia. At upper right is the plan of a corner support with two engaged columns at the bottom and left of the plan, but with a flat façade at top and right. Below this is another plan view of a columnar support, this time with engaged columns on three sides. There are dimensions indicated throughout.

Album Page, Elevation and Plan of Arch, Possibly from the Loggia dei Nobili,...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-275

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Album Page, Recto: 1st Window, Abbey of Chiaravalle, Milan; Verso: 8th...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-262

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical sheet illustrating plan view of pillars; below is a sketch of a single round-arched window supported by a slender column. Below this is a plan view of the window opening and column as well as a view of the same in section. The sheet also contains various inscriptions with the dimensions of the elements rendered.

Album Page, Plan of Pillars in Church and 6th Window, Possibly from Abbey of...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-263

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical sheet with two thin parallel lines at the top and bottom of the sheet with a center line that leans slightly to the right. This central line is intersected twice by a line that cuts across the page diagonally, and another that arcs above the diagonaly line, terminating at the upper right edge of the page.

Album Page, Tracing of Unidentified Object, late 19th century
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-268

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Album Page, Elevation of Two Columns, Possibly from Campanile of San Zeno,...
graphite on very smooth, off-white wove paper tipped into binding with fabric.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-296

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.