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Panel

c.1880 (made)
Artist/Maker

Pencil, pen, and watercolour drawing on paper of the street-facing front elevation of a three storey building. The ground floor is painted in orange, yellow, putty, and violet colours. From left to right, it is made up of a set of bay windows, a pair of doors, another set of bay windows, a singular door, a three-paned window, and a main door at the furthest right. Carved pilasters are drawn at the sides of the right-most door. The first floor is made up of several windows with brick details at their sides. A strip of moulding painted in mustard yellow lines the roof line above the first floor windows. The roof is painted in blue and three chimneys extend from its upper peak. The ground below the bottom floor is painted a brown wash. Dimensions of each storey are included in pen to the left side of the elevation.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen, and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing, Pencil, pen, and watercolour, drawing of the front elevation of a building, c.1880, Anonymous
Physical description
Pencil, pen, and watercolour drawing on paper of the street-facing front elevation of a three storey building. The ground floor is painted in orange, yellow, putty, and violet colours. From left to right, it is made up of a set of bay windows, a pair of doors, another set of bay windows, a singular door, a three-paned window, and a main door at the furthest right. Carved pilasters are drawn at the sides of the right-most door. The first floor is made up of several windows with brick details at their sides. A strip of moulding painted in mustard yellow lines the roof line above the first floor windows. The roof is painted in blue and three chimneys extend from its upper peak. The ground below the bottom floor is painted a brown wash. Dimensions of each storey are included in pen to the left side of the elevation.
Dimensions
  • Width: 41.5cm
  • Length: 54cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FRONT-ELEVATION.' (Written in pen below the elevation.)
  • Elevations (Elevations for each storey and the basement are written in pen the left side of the elevation drawing.)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
E.689-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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