The Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, England, Perspective View of the West Facade
1850–59
Medium
Pen and black ink
Dimensions
sheet: 23 9/16 x 17 7/8 in. (59.8 x 45.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.562.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Victorian architectural drafting with *The Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, England, Perspective View of the West Facade* by Charles Wickes, created between 1850 and 1859. This large-scale pen and black ink drawing (23 9/16 x 17 7/8 inches) captures the majestic west front of Beverley Minster, one of England's finest surviving examples of medieval Gothic architecture. Wickes, a skilled draftsman of the era, renders the towering facade with precise perspective, highlighting its ornate portals, traceried windows, and sculpted details that evoke the grandeur of 14th-c...