Southern Colonial Places Ink on Linen Drawings Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Southern Colonial Places Ink on Linen Drawings Collection
Subject
Landscape drawings
Gardens -Virginia
Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Description
Final ink on linen landscape drawings of gardens at various historic sites throughout Virginia executed by Landscape Architect Arthur A. Shurcliff and his associates. Many are preliminary paced or measured landscape plans for Shurcliff's survey of Southern Colonial Places. He was assisted in measuring and drawing by his son, Sidney N. Shurcliff, and R. D'Arcy Bonnet.
Study of landscape design precedents from the colonial era, as well as compilation of lists of plants known to have grown in colonial Virginia, allowed Shurcliff to develop schemes for reconstructing Williamsburg gardens at each site. Southern Colonial Places, an oversize album consisting of photographs, landscape drawings, and field notes, compiles Shurcliff’s survey with his colleagues of extant Virginia plantations dating to the eighteenth-century. His discoveries during this process allowed him to make educated guesses about garden features when archaeological and historical research yielded no clues.
Study of landscape design precedents from the colonial era, as well as compilation of lists of plants known to have grown in colonial Virginia, allowed Shurcliff to develop schemes for reconstructing Williamsburg gardens at each site. Southern Colonial Places, an oversize album consisting of photographs, landscape drawings, and field notes, compiles Shurcliff’s survey with his colleagues of extant Virginia plantations dating to the eighteenth-century. His discoveries during this process allowed him to make educated guesses about garden features when archaeological and historical research yielded no clues.
Creator
Shurcliff, Arthur
Extent
50 drawings
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Measured Plan of Windsor Castle
Measured Plan of Weyanoke
Measured Plan of Wigwam
Measured Plan of Westover
Measured Plan of House of Mary Washington
Measured Plan of House of Mary Washington
Measured Plan of Warrique
Measured Plan of Upper Brandon
Measured Plan of Tuckahoe
Measured Plan of Toddsbury
Measured Plan of Strawberry Plain
Measured Plan of Stratford
Measured Plan of Lot belonging to R. R. Smith, Jr.
Measured Plan of Lot belonging to R. R. Smith, Jr.
Measured Plan of Shoal Bay
Measured Plan of Shirley
Measured Plan of Rosewell
Measured Plan of Pleasant Point
Measured Plan of Pleasant Point
Measured Plan of Mount Pleasant