Queensboro Bridge, New York
Datebefore 1971
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 23 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (60 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (60 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 23 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (60 x 45.4cm)
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionSketch of one of the towers of the Queensboro Bridge in New York City, from a ground-level perspective below the bridge. The tower's supports and decorative finials are outlined, as are the bridge's trusses, with the outlines of a few buildings sketched out in the background.
Object number2012.284.5448
MarkingsRecto, bottom right, handwritten in black and red ink on tape: "[Chinese characters] / P75 [underlined] 18% / Demo 8 1 ["1" is circled] / 3 16% 18% [crossed out]"Verso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, bottom right, handwritten in blue ink: "10 cm [Chinese characters]"
Bottom right, handwritten in blue ink: "STEP 1 PROJECT 8"
Verso, bottom, handwritten in pencil: "P. 75 Tec of Drawing building"NotesSubject Note: A reproduction of this drawing appears on page 75 of Richard Welling's The Technique of Drawing Buildings, as step one in a four-step series.
Date Note: The date is based on the year The Technique of Drawing Buildings was published.
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