Design for a Cottage-Villa in the Bracketted Mode, Constructed in Wood (perspective and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis American

ca. 1842

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Title: Design for a Cottage-Villa in the Bracketted Mode, Constructed in Wood (perspective and plan)
Artist: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
Published in: New York; London
Date: ca. 1842
Medium: Watercolor and ink, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (23.4 x 14.5 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Object Number: 24.66.363(2)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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