Design for a Double Townhouse (front elevation)

ca. 1843

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Although Davis generally designed classical city houses, maintaining that the more romantic styles were better suited to suburban and country homes, this double townhouse, with its roofline supported by decorative eaves brackets, is an attractive example of the Gothic Revival style. We have no indication of whether the designs were actually realized, or whether this was just an object of study for Davis.

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Title: Design for a Double Townhouse (front elevation)
Artist: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803–1892 West Orange, New Jersey)
Date: ca. 1843
Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (36.8 x 51.4 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Object Number: 24.66.55
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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