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Title
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Arthur Shurcliff Bird's-Eye View Pencil Sketches
Subject
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Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Landscape architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Landscape drawings
Extent
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138 drawings
Description
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Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., considered the father of landscape architecture in America, Shurcliff’s Williamsburg gardens are recognized as consummate examples of the Colonial Revival style.
Arthur Shurcliff arrived in Williamsburg in 1928 to join the Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw and Hepburn. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Shurcliff worked in the office of well-known landscape architects, Charles W. Eliot and Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. in Brookline, Massachusetts between 1896-1905. He then opened his own landscape design practice and received commissions for many landscape projects in Boston, such as the grounds of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Charles River Esplanade, and the Franklin Park Zoo. Between 1928 and 1941, Shurcliff oversaw the planning and layout of gardens at Colonial Williamsburg, as well as of traffic patterns, parking, and street curb design, and continued to advise in a consultant capacity until just before his death in 1957.
Shurcliff’s series of pencil sketches on tissue paper are conceptual views, many from a bird’s-eye perspective, that he and his associates designed to serve as illustrations for discussions about how guests would access the overall Historic Area, as well as specific gardens, and navigate through them. Some also offer ground level views of vistas and landscape features to show the strengths and weaknesses of several variations for a particular design concept.
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Original Format
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Pencil on paper
Physical Dimensions
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26 1/8in x 20 1/4in
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Bird's-eye view looking northwest at automobiles proceeding along Nassau Street and dropping off passengers in the circular driveway in front of Matthew Whaley School, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Title
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Matthew Whaley School
Subject
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Schools - Virginia - Williamsburg
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Creator
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Shurcliff, Arthur
Date
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1931-05
Format
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jpeg
Extent
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1 drawing
Type
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Image
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Is Part Of
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Arthur Shurcliff Bird's-Eye Pencil Sketches of Williamsburg, AV2021.5, #105, Folder 3
Identifier
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AV2021.05-105-001
Arthur Shurcliff
Automobiles
Bird's-Eye Views
Matthew Whaley School
Nassau Street
Virginia
Williamsburg