Description: Washington - President's House (elevation)
Date: 1792
Medium: Pencil
Support: Paper BD
Dimensions: 53.6 cm x 36.2 cm (21-1/8" x 14-1/4") -- measured: JH 15JUL93 Drawing occupies lower half of sheet.
Condition: linen backed, loss at left top edge near corner patched with Fabriano paper (20th c.), assorted stains scattered throughout, dirt smudges at lower right corner and along top & bottom edges, discoloration in area along top & bottom edges (especially at corners), edges dirty, bottom edge worn and ragged
Author: Jefferson
Owner: MHi
Classification:
N-398
, K-126
Publication History:
- Author: Kimball
- Title: Thomas Jefferson Architect
- Date: 1916
- Note:
- Author: Nichols
- Title: Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
- Date: 1984
- Note:
Commentary:
Drawing
- Description: Elevation
- Location: Lower half of sheet
- Features:
- Temple front portico, hexastyle
- Columns
- Hipped roof
- Dome
- Cupola
- Fenestration
- Flankers with gable roofs