Rendering and plans for a chalet-style house
ca. 1860
- These plans and rendering show a house in a country setting, incorporating chalet-style motifs such as overhanging eaves and carved woodwork. To the rear of the house there is a round tower with a conical turret. The rendering includes two groups of people in colourful peasant costumes in front of the house.
Pen and black and red ink over graphite, with watercolour and gouache
secondary support: 76.4 x 57.3 cm sheet: 55.7 x 33.9 cm
DR1987:0301
- The sheet has two old horizontal folds. The c. of the secondary support has been cut out so that both sides of the sheet are visible; however, the verso of the sheet is backed with thin paper so that the sheet is no longer translucent.
inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, c.l.: "Plan du 1er Etage."; l.c.: "Plan du Rez-de-Chausée"; c.r.: "Plan du Sous-Sol."; and throughout the b. half of the sheet: with measurements and names of rooms numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and red ink, u.r.: "27"
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