Peter K. Knapp Estate

George Stonehill's Peter K. Knapp Estate is an Index of American Design watercolor, graphite, and gouache study on paperboard. The work records a historic estate plan associated with the Blackwell Survey of 1860, translating the site into a decorative, top-down design of paths, plantings, lawns, and buildings. Its careful inscription and measured rendering reflect the Index of American Design's broader project of documenting American material and visual culture. The bright greens and delicate drafted contours give the survey subject a vivid pictorial character while preserving useful documentary detail.