West Elevation of an Unidentified Church
19th century
Medium
Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 14 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (36.8 x 33.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Royal Institute of British Architects, 1963
Accession Number
63.681.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
William Butterfield's *West Elevation of an Unidentified Church (19th century) is a architectural drawing that invites visitors to explore Victorian-era design ingenuity. Rendered in watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on a modest sheet of 14½ × 13⅜ inches (36.8 × 33.9 cm), it meticulously depicts the grand facade of a church, symmetry, verticality, and ornate detailing typical of ecclesiastical architecture. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, this work was generously gifted by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1963. As a prominent British architec...