Monticello - arch. detail (ext. entablature)
Description: "The Architrave with its Tenia, and the Frize [sic] of the External Doric Entablature. The Capitel [sic] of the frize [sic] is subjoined to the Cornice on the other side." Scale: full size. -- On verso of drawing N069/K040.
Date: 1775 (?)
Medium: Ink
Support: Paper AM
Dimensions: 65.1 cm x 55.6 cm (25-5/8" x 21-7/8") -- measured: JH 12JUL 93
Condition: silk encapsulated; split along creases (vertical at center and horizontal at approx. 10-1/2" from bottom edge); losses along upper right edge, at lower left corner, along midsection left edge, at lower left of intersection of creases, along left upper edge, and along upper third of vertical crease -- patched with Fabriano paper (20th c.); assorted stain spots throughout sheet; discoloration along creases and near edges; major and minor tears throughout sheet; line segments missing due to loss
Author: Jefferson
Owner: MHi
Classification:
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Publication History:
- Author: Kimball
- Title: Thomas Jefferson Architect
- Date: 1916
- Note:
- Author: Nichols
- Title: Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
- Date: 1984
- Note:
Commentary:
Drawing
- Description: Corner Detail of Doric Frieze
- Location: Full Page
- Features:
- Elevation of triglyph and guttae
- Profile of triglyph and guttae
- Text:
- Description: Drawing description
- Location: Upper left
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- The Architrave with it's [sic] Tenia, and the Frize [sic] of the External Doric Entablature. The Capitel [sic] of the frize [sic] is subjoined to the Cornice on the other side.
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