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Title
Drawings of a House
Creator
Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892)
Description
Folded paper, with two plans (one on top, when opened a second appears): First plan (at top in pencil 122, in ink 5) is plan of a house, probably the first floor; no bedrooms; central hall leads to octagon shaped drawing room; library, cabinet, office on left side; dining room, stairs, breakfast room on right side; 2 wings, conservatory on left and kitchen on right; also a piazza; balanced and symmetrical; names of rooms written in English; 2nd plan: first floor of a different house; central vestibule and atrium; on the left a library and another room (�zotheca�); on the right 2 rooms; 2 wings featuring a gallery and arboretum on the left and a kitchen on the right; symmetrical; at top in pencil 123, See Elevation in Cosmorama; in ink no; room names and scale recorded in Latin. Folded paper, with two plans (one on top, when opened a second appears): First plan (at top in pencil 122, in ink 5) is plan of a house, probably the first floor; no bedrooms; central hall leads to octagon shaped drawing room; library, cabinet, office on left side; dining room, stairs, breakfast room on right side; 2 wings, conservatory on left and kitchen on right; also a piazza; balanced and symmetrical; names of rooms written in English; 2nd plan: first floor of a different house; central vestibule and atrium; on the left a library and another room (�zotheca�); on the right 2 rooms; 2 wings featuring a gallery and arboretum on the left and a kitchen on the right; symmetrical; at top in pencil 123, See Elevation in Cosmorama; in ink no; room names and scale recorded in Latin. Davis worked first as a lithographer and then as an architect. In tandem with Ithiel Town beginning in 1829, he designed a remarkable number of buildings, public structures (hospitals, school buildings, churches, museums, state capitols) and private dwellings alike. Davis embarked on a solo career in 1843, continuing in practice alone for more than 30 years. At one point in his life, Davis claimed to have designed the most buildings of any living American architect. He is best known for Gothic revival designs. First plan watermarked: G & Co.
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