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Cottage Residences; or a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage-Villas, and Their Grounds, Adapted to North America

Author Andrew Jackson Downing American
Illustrator Alexander Jackson Davis American
Publisher Wiley & Putnam American
1842
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Object Information
  • Title: Cottage Residences; or a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage-Villas, and Their Grounds, Adapted to North America
  • Author: Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York)
  • Illustrator: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
  • Publisher: Wiley & Putnam (New York) and London
  • Published in: New York; London
  • Date: 1842
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving; a watercolor tipped in
  • Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 3/16 x 1 in. (24.2 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Albums, Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.66.363
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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