Dilapidated House

Anonymous, American, 19th century American

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The focus in this sketch is picturesque decay, with an eighteenth-century wooden structure atop brick foundations shown in severe disrepair. Parts of the exterior wall have fallen out to offer a partial view of the interior. Shutters are shown both closed and open, and the artist has carefully recorded a range of textures and dated the sheet precisely.

Dilapidated House, Anonymous, American, 19th century, Ink, wash and graphite

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