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Architectural Details from Orleans, Metalwork from Blois

Vertical sheet divided into an upper and lower half. The upper half depicts architectural elements from buildings in Orleans, while the lower half illustrates an example of an iron door latch and detail of its finial. At upper left is a canopied well head, its round basin seen with a hand crank on the left for raising and lowering a basket into the well. The canopy above is ogee-formed with a smal

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Architectural Details in Classical and Pseudo-Classical Style

Horizontal rectangle. At lower left, the left part of the under edge; vertically, a right half of a rostral column, with an inscription tablet between. Above are two rods. At left, a weathervane in the form of a mermaid with a mace. Below, a marble throne with a band; a vase on one short side. At right, the left side of a tripod with a flame standing upon a pedestal in the shape of a capital flank

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Architectural Details in Venice

14.4 × 23.1 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

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Architectural Details of Stone and Ironwork in Venice

14.3 × 22.6 cm (5 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

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Architectural Details of Stonework—Auxerre

13.3 × 20.3 cm (5 1/4 in. × 8 in.)

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Architectural Details, Basel

Vertical sheet with numerous sketches of architectural elements. Clockwise from bottom left: a dormer with ogee-shaped roof, gutter, and small gargoyle spout at the corner. This same spout is drawn to the left. Above this is a horizontal fountain spout in the shape of a man blowing into a pipe. In the top half of the sheet are three sketches: below left is a window made of five round-arched lancet

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Architectural Details, Buhl

Vertical sheet with six sketches of architectural details. At the top are two different styles of chimneys with the artist's notes about colors and material. Below this at left is the detail of the underside of an eave with the artist's notes again about material and and position of the elements, specifically "to let / floor beams protrude / as far as possible / under overhang and / to fill up bet

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Architectural Details, Buhlerthal [sic]

Vertical sheet containing three sketches of buildings. At top left is the upper section of a half-timbered structure. At top right is a timber building with a tall tiled roof with a small dormer at the corner. At center is a half-timber building with smaller shed at the front, and a water source flows from under the building's right corner.

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Architectural Details, Bâle

Vertical sheet with five sketches of architectural details. Depicted in the upper half of the sheet are two belfries, each with a gilt ball finial, as noted by the artist. Below this at left is a chimney top with two rows of openings topped by a small pitched, tile roof. At bottom left is a doorway framed by quoins. At right is balcony with balustrade viewed from below.

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Architectural Details, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Senlis

13.3 × 19.1 cm (5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Architectural Details, Reims

Vertical sheet illustrating two sketches of architectural elements. In the center is the clock tower of the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) of the town of Reims, seen from the south. The octagonal tower rises from the roofline with multiple graduated arcaded cupolas and is topped by a finial with weathervane. At bottom right is an unusually intricate dormer. The dormer projects out from the roof ending

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Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

6 pp

12.4 × 20.9 cm (4 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

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