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James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British, Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of Tower Staircase, ca. 1790
- Title:
Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of Tower Staircase
- Former Title(s):
Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of the staircase to the observatory in the Octagon tower
- Date:
- ca. 1790
- Medium:
- Graphite, pen and brown and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 x 12 5/8 inches (45.7 x 32 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, top left: "H | Section of the Staircase | in the Octagon Tower | Cobham Hall"; in pen and black ink, top, center: "Observatory"; in pen and black ink, top right: "4 Pairs Stairs Landing | 3 Pair Stairs Landing"; in pen and black ink, center right: "2 Pair Stairs Landing | Garet Floor"; in pen and black ink, lower right: "1 Pair Stairs Landing"; in pen and black ink along central axis, measurements; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper right: "H | No. 8" "Section of the Staircase to the Observatory"; in graphite, lower right: "(78/8/14/14) (91) | (IR93)"
watermark, center
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.886
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | landings (stair components) | observatories | octagons | sections | stairs | stairs
- Associated Places:
- Cobham | Cobham Hall | England | Kent | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13430
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