Henry Youngling architectural drawings, 1855-1873

Henry Youngling architectural drawings, 1855-1873

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460609 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Youngling, Henry
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
48 drawings
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Scope and Content

Youngling's drawings of architectural decorations and ornaments for ceilings and walls in largely unidentified buildings, presumably in New York City.

Arrangement

This collection consists of one series: Series I: Architectural Drawings

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Henry Youngling architectural drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1000.005.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Revision Description

2009-06-25 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Artist and interior decorator active in New York City during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
architectural drawings (visual works)
Subject
Architecture -- Details -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Artists
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Interior architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Interior decorators

Series I: Architectural Drawings


Nyda.1000.005: 00001

Interior views. Dining room, [after 1855]

[wall elevation] 

1 drawing : watercolor wash and graphite on paper ; 24.2 x 30.4 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00002

Interior views. Library ceiling, [after 1855]

1 drawing : ink on tracing paper ; 29.3 x 30.0 cm. (11 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00003

Metropolitan Hotel, Broadway and Prince Street (New York, N.Y.). Bar, [after 1855]

1 drawing : graphite and watercolor wash ; 31.5 x 47.0 cm. (12 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00004

Metropolitan Hotel, Broadway and Prince Street (New York, N.Y.). Ladies'; parlor, [after 1855]

[half ceiling and wall elevation]

1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper ; 38.9 x 30 cm. (15 3/8 x 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00005

Interior views. Ceiling, [after 1855]

Mr. Lovett, Union Square, [New York, N.Y.]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 41.0 x 32.2 cm. (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00006

Interior views. Ceiling, [after 1855]

Mr. Young, Union Place[?] - front and back parlors : [two ceiling designs]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 17.8 x 30.3 cm. (7 x 11 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00007

Interior views. Ceiling, [after 1857]

Parlor : [ceiling and molding]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 31.0 x 37.6 cm. (12 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00008

Interior views. Wall, [after 1857]

Reception room : [wall elevation]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 36.6 x 25.5 cm. (14 x 10 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00009

Interior views. Ceiling and Wall, [after 1859]

[Dresden, Germany ; ceiling executed in bronze]

1 drawing : watercolor and ink on paper ; ca. 55.6 x 39.7 cm. (ca. 21 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00010

Interior views. Ceiling, [after 1859]

[Two ceiling designs]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 38.3 x 55.7 cm. (15 1/8 x 22 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00011

Interior views. Ceiling, [after 1873]

[Ceiling, half delineated]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite, and ink on paper ; 21.5 x 22.8 (8 1/2 x 9 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00012

Interior views. Ceiling and Wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite and gold [paint?] on paper ; 46.6 x 36.2 cm. (18 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00013

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling, with wall elevation and doorway]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 41.1 x 37.0 cm. (16 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00014

Interior views. Wall, undated

[Wall elevation with two corners and niche with sculpture] 

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite and ink on paper ; 37.5 x 48.0 cm. (14 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00015

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 48.4 x 37.1 cm. (19 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00016

Interior views, undated

[Panel, for wall(?)]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 39.4 x 33.9 cm. (15 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00017

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 50.2 x 36.1 cm. (19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00018

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling, 3/4 delineated] 

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 32.4 x 37.3 cm. (12 7/8 x 14 6/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00019

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Two ceiling designs]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 39.3 x 47.0 cm. (15 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00020

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 48.6 x 37.3 cm. (19 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00021

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling with portrait medallions in corner, and part of molding]

1 drawing : watercolor, with some graphite, on paper ; 29.8 x 32.9 cm. (11 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00022

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design, with part of molding] 

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 24.4 x 32.0 cm. (9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00023

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design, with part of molding] 

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 30.3 x 31.6 cm. (11 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00024

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design, with beginning of molding]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 26.7 x 40.1 cm. (10 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00025

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 37.6 x 30.7 cm. (14 7/8 x 12 1/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00026

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 45.7 x 29.8 cm. (18 x 11 3/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00027

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 30.7 x 48.7 cm. (12 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00028

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 54.0 x ca. 39.6 cm. (21 1/4 x ca. 15 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00029

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 44.0 x 31.0 cm. (17 3/8 x 12 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00030

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 46.5 x 36.7 cm. (18 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00031

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design, with molding and top of wall showing wallpaper design] 

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite ; 31.0 x 44.7 cm. (12 1/4 x 17 5/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00032

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

[Ceiling design, and wall with two hanging portraits]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 34.3 x 27.2 cm. (13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00033

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

[Three-panelled decorated wall with one-half ceiling design]

1 drawing : watercolor with ink on paper ; 50.8 x 37.7 cm. (20 x 14 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00034

Interior views. Ceiling and wall, undated

[Three-panelled ceiling and wall]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 39.7 x 52.0 cm. (15 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00035

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Oblong ceiling with side panel]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 20.5 x 47.0 cm. (8 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00036

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling, with four oval medallions in corners]

1 drawing : watercolor with ink on paper ; 23.7 x 37.4 cm. (9 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00037

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 29.0 x 33.5 cm. (11 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00038

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 28.2 x 38.0 cm. (11 1/8 x 15 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00039

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design, with medallions]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; ca. 19.8 x 30.7 cm. (ca. 7 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00040

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Two-panel ceiling design]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 20.1 x 46.5 cm. (7 7/8 x 18 3/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00041

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 26.5 x 50.3 cm. (10 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00042

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling design with corner medallions] 

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; ca. 53.5 x 41.0 cm. (21 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00043

Interior views. Wall, undated

[Three-panelled wall designs]

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 30.5 x 53.0 cm. (12 x 20 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00044

Interior views. Wall, undated

[Design for three-arched wall behind altar(?)]

1 drawing : watercolor with graphite on paper ; 41.0 x 52.5 cm. (16 1/8 x 20 5/8 in.)

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Nyda.1000.005: 00045

Interior views. Wall, undated

[Wall decoration, possibly design for wallpaper]

1 drawing : gouache on paper ; 27.7 x 30.2 cm. (10 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00046

Ornament drawings, undated

[Design of birds, vines, and bird's nest]

1 drawing : ink on paper ; 25.5 x 21.7 cm. (10 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

Project-level record


Nyda.1000.005: 00047

Interior views. Ceiling, undated

[Ceiling, with wall molding] 

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on paper ; 39.7 x 56.4 cm. (15 5/8 x 22 1/4 in.)

Project-level record