Design for a Cottage-Villa in the Bracketted Mode, Constructed in Wood (perspective and plan)
Alexander Jackson Davis
ca. 1842
Medium
Watercolor and ink, over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 9 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (23.4 x 14.5 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
24.66.363(2)
Tags
Houses
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...