Barboursville - Plan and Elevation
Description: Plan and elevation for James Barbour of Orange County, Virginia
Date: 1817
Medium: Ink
Support: Engraved coordinate paper (Paper BD)
Dimensions: 34.1 cm x 53.3 cm (13-7/16" x 21") (Nichols dimensions 20-1/2" x 13-1/8")
Condition: Silk encapsulated; minor loss at center bottom edge patched with Fabriano paper (20th c.); split along vertical crease due to fold; fluid stains in lower left quadrant, at right bottom edge, at center left near edge, and along upper half of crease; horizontal tear approx. 1-3/4" from top edge at center; slight discoloration in area along edges; right edge dirty & ragged; assorted stains & smudges and patches of discoloration throughout sheet on verso.
Author: Jefferson
Owner: MHi
Classification:
N-5
, K-206
Publication History:
- Author: Kimball
- Title: Thomas Jefferson Architect
- Date: 1916
- Note:
- Author: Nichols
- Title: Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
- Date: 1984
- Note:
Commentary:
Drawing
- Description: First floor plan
- Location: Left half of page
- Features:
- Two axial porticoes, each four-columned
- Octagonal room
- Corner rooms
- Stairs
- Lateral passage
- Text:
- Description: Notes
- Location: On drawing
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- cellar way
- buffet
- up stairs
- side table
- closet
Drawing
- Description: Elevation
- Location: Right half of page
- Features:
- Dome
- Hipped roof
- Chimnies, two
- Trellised railings
- Pedimented portico
- Tuscan columns
- Windows - double hung, 9 x 9 in portico
- Windows - double hung, 9 x 12 on first floor
- Text:
- Description: Notes
- Location: On drawing
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- surface of the ground
- floors below
- under
- stairs lead
- stove
- to left
Text
- Description: Full page of brick calculations, measurements, dimensions, descriptions, instructions, suggestions and recommendations
- Location: Verso of N-5
- Author: Jefferson