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unknown artist, Elevation of the Ordnance Office, after 1780
- Title:
Elevation of the Ordnance Office
- Additional Title(s):
Westminster Ordnance Office
- Date:
- after 1780
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gouache and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 11/16 x 21 9/16 inches (34.7 x 54.7 cm), Image: 8 11/16 x 16 5/16 inches (22 x 41.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Ordnance Office formerly standing against the East End of St Margaret Church, Westminster"; lower right: "about 80 feet [...]"; on mount, lower left: "ENGLISH SCHOOL (18th cent.): WESTMINSTER ORDNANCE OFFICE"; illegible inscriptions on back, center right; on back, lower right: "AO 632 | 211"; on back of mount, lower left: "ENGLISH SCHOOL (18th cent): | WESTMINSTER ORDNANCE OFFICE"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.489
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | balustrade | building | columns | elevation (drawing) | facade | frieze (ornamental band) | garlands | lion | office | pediments | plan (drawing) | sculpture | steps | unicorn | windows
- Associated Places:
- City of Westminster | England | Greater London | London | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12023
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