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attributed to William Kent, ca.1686–1748, British, Design for an Unidentified Gothic Structure, undated
- Title:
Design for an Unidentified Gothic Structure
- Former Title(s):
Design for a Gothic Umbrella Temple
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Graphite, pen and black ink with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 x 8 1/8in. (35.6 x 20.6cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and LVG below
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.360
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | churches | garden structure | Gothic Revival | pavilions (garden structures) | quatrefoil
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10879
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This gothic structure may be intended as a garden temple or it may be a design for the interior of a church, perhaps a screen or a surround for one of William Kent's funerary monuments. The design shows three ogee arches with ornate drop tracery raised on narrow compound piers, each pointed arch decorated with crockets and faced with a quatrefoil relief. The drawing appears to be executed in Kent's hand: his drawings have the loose brown-wash technique and precise detailing seen in this sheet. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2014
Modern Gothic : The Revival of Medieval Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-04-04 - 2000-07-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
John Wilmerding, Essays in honor of Paul Mellon, collector and benefactor, Essays , National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC & Hanover, NH, 1986, p. 152, fig. 17, N7442.2 M455 1986 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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