Architectural Details at Lisieux

American architect Arnold William Brunner's study sheet documents ornamental details from the French cathedral town of Lisieux. The sketches—rendered in ink with cross-hatching and quick gestural lines—capture moldings, corbels, window treatments, and carved capitals. This working drawing exemplifies the architectural education standard of the era: direct study from historical structures, recorded on-site or from careful observation. Such sketch sheets served as reference material for design work and were essential to the Beaux-Arts training methodology that shaped American architecture in the late nineteenth century.