Grace Hill for Edwin C. Litchfield, Brooklyn, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis

1854 · Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper · Drawings and Prints

Davis' greatest Italianate villa, Grace Hill, is now the headquarters of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The original stucco has been removed from the house, and many of the interior details, including the elaborately painted ceiling murals, have been lost. Davis also designed a coach house, greenhouse, and chicken house for the property, none of which are extant.

Artist

Alexander Jackson Davis

Date

1854

Medium

Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924