Vestibule, Arch and Screen in Mr. Villard's House, Dobbs Ferry
Date1886
Artist
Alfred Laurens Brennan
(American illustrator, painter, and draftsman, 1853–1921)
Illustration Citation"Recent Architecture in America", by Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer, in The Century, May 1886
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 13 × 17 3/4 in. (33 × 45.1 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1993
Object number1993-105
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe author Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851 – 1934), formally known by her married name, was an American author, art collector, and critic. She published a series of architectural studies of country homes, including the estate of financier Henry Villard.Alfred Laurens Brennan specialized in illustrations drawing in ink and won numerous commissions. Master printmaker Joseph Pennell pronounced him "the finest technician in America."
