Dilapidated House
Anonymous, American, 19th century
December 13, 1811 · Ink, wash and graphite · Drawings and Prints
The focus in this sketch is picturesque decay, with an eighteenth-century wooden structure atop brick foundations shown in severe disrepair. Parts of the exterior wall have fallen out to offer a partial view of the interior. Shutters are shown both closed and open, and the artist has carefully recorded a range of textures and dated the sheet precisely.
- Artist
- Anonymous, American, 19th century
- Date
- December 13, 1811
- Medium
- Ink, wash and graphite
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
