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Architectural Sketches of El Khasné, Petra, Jordan

2 pp

Architecture sketches showing a view of the rock-carved structure known as El Khasné in Petra, and several details from its façade. Prominently situated at center, the façade of El Khasné (also known as "The Treasury") is shown obliquely with the banded cliffside out of which it is hewn extending to the left and right. The structure's two-story façade is shown in some detail, with its colonnade an

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Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 pp

Mixed sketches showing five separate views of buildings and architectural details around Birmingham, United Kingdom. In the upper portion, an exterior stairway and a roof with a chimney and conical turret are shown. At center, the side of a rectangular building is shown with a conical turret. At lower left, two tall, distant smokestacks are shown spewing smoke into the sky. At lower right, a detai

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Architectural Sketches, Burak, Syria

4 pp

12.3 × 21.3 cm (4 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

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Architectural Sketches, Damascus, Syria

4 pp

12.3 × 20.9 cm (4 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

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Architectural Sketches, Loches and Tours

12.8 × 17.5 cm (5 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

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Architectural Sketches, Mexico

4 pp

Architecture sketches showing three views of buildings in Mexico. At upper left, a church with a dome and a tall, narrow belltower is shown from its side. Below it, at lower center, a terra cotta-tiled roof with a chimney is rendered in great detail. At center right, a mausoleum shaped like the circular drum of a dome is shown in detail. Its upper portion has several arched openings.

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Architectural Sketches, Soissons and Laon

Vertical sheet with two sketches of architectural elements. At left is a short tower rising from a roofline. The tower has flattened double arches which are louvered, an an ogee cupola faceted steeple with finial and weathervane above. At right is the corner of a building ending in a gabled roof that has only been partially rendered. At the corner of the roof is a gutter and turret with a small wi

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Architectural Studies

17.3 × 26 cm (6 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Architectural Studies

3 pp

Top row: the head of an animal. Upper left part of a window or door frame. Center row: decoration of a pilaster, two upper part s of window or door frames. Center one shows a putto with a drapery festoon and a mask over the frame of the opening. Beside is a pilaster supporting the main entablature. A crouching animal is shown in profile turned toward left above that. Bottom row: a console with a p

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Architectural Studies

3 pp

Left row: a console with a mask; upper part of door case, laterally framed by a pilaster. A decorated panel is in the frieze above the opening. On top is an oblong framed by scrolls and halves of palmettes. Central row: upper left side of a door or window case, showing a broken pediment with a knob motif in the center. A capital supports cornices and a knob. Right row: two masks, the upper one sup

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