Graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 21 3/4 inches (33.7 × 55.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "Elevation of a Dairy for the | Earl of Darnley"; in graphite, upper right: "9 lines - 1-8 | 8 ditto - 8 9/8 | 1-3"; in graphite, lower right: "I sent this drawing as the | Little roofs is not in the | Others"; in pen and black ink, center, measurements given; in pen and black ink, lower center, scale 1in=3ft; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, lower right: "Lord Darnley Dairy"; in graphite, lower half of sheet, measurements and calculations given; in graphite, upper left, "West arches brickworks | West Cloysters the neat"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "(74/8/14/14)(92) | (IR93)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection