Elevation for Gymnasium Arcade
Description: South elevation by Neilson/desc
Date: April 26, 1824
Medium: India ink, watercolor, pencil
Support: Hand-ruled graph paper
Dimensions: 4-3/8" L x 16" W
Condition:
Author: Neilson
Owner: ViU
Classification:
N-368
, K No. 32
, L-19-04
Publication History:
- Author: Kimball
- Title: Thomas Jefferson Architect
- Date: 1916
- Note:
- Author: Nichols
- Title: Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
- Date: 1984
- Note:
- Author: Lasala
- Title: Jefferson's Designs for the University of Virginia
- Date: 1992
- Note:
- Author: Wilson, ed.
- Title: Jefferson's Academical Village
- Date: 1993
- Note:
Commentary:
This drawing was misidentified by Kimball as a study for the East Range, although notes on the back of the drawing identify it as the Gymnasium. The Gymnasium is one of the few structures at the University for which Jefferson did not provide a drawing himself. (JML)
Drawing
- Description: South elevation of Gymnasium
- Location: Entire page
- Features:
- Arcade, Tuscan, eight bays
Text:
- Description: Construction notes
- Location: Verso of N-368 at top
- Author: Jefferson
- Transcription:
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- the opening of the arches in breadth 6. f. 5-1/2. I.
- the breadth of the piers 2. f. 3-1/2. I.
Text
- Description: Construction notes
- Location: Verso of N-368 at bottom
- Author: Unknown
- Transcription:
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- Width of Arches 6. f. 4. I.
