Belmead, for Philip St. George Cocke, Powhatan Co., Virginia (elevation and plan)
Medium
Watercolor and ink
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in. (26.4 x 18.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
24.66.1416(56)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 19th-century American architecture with *Belmead, for Philip. George Cocke,hatan Co., Virginia (elevation and plan)*, delicate 1845 drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis. intimate sheet, measuring just 10 3/8 x 7 3/16 inches, captures both the front elevation and floor plan of a grand Virginia plantation house. Davis, a leading architect of the Romantic era, was renowned for blending Gothic Revival and Italianate styles, creating homes that evoked picturesque landscapes and refined living. Created in watercolor and ink—a favored medium for architectural renderings ...
About the Artist
Alexander Jackson Davis · 1803–1892
Alexander Jackson Davis (1803–1892) was a pioneering American architect whose imaginative designs helped define the nation's picturesque country house tradition. Born in New York City on July 24, 1803, Davis received an informal education, studying drawing at the American Academy of the Fine Arts, the New-York Drawing Association, and the antique casts at the National Academy of Design. He apprent...