Wall Elevation with a Fireplace for Hyde Park
Design for a wall elevation in neoclassical style with a fireplace at center and painting above, flanked by wall panels with colorful candelabra grotesques. To the right, part of a window bay is depicted and combined with a section detailing its construction. A slim blue and white frieze with griffins lines the top of the wall, and the arched transition to the ceiling is decorated with a frieze and octagonal medallions containing classical scenes in white on a red ground, surrounded by gilt vegetal tendrils.
Artwork Details
- Title: Wall Elevation with a Fireplace for Hyde Park
- Artist: Ogden Codman, Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1868–1951 Grégy-sur-Yerre)
- Date: 1898 (?)
- Medium: Watercolor and graphite, heightened in white
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (19.6 × 35.2 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Ogden Codman, 1951
- Object Number: 51.644.80(11)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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