Design
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Chambers, William (Sir), born 1723 - died 1796 (drawn by)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pen with black and brown inks and pencil
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case A, shelf 229
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Measured elevation of a doorway by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). On the verso, a profile of the cornice and section of one side of the doorway. The left-hand bracket and the sculpture over the door, a winged angel's head and an ornamented bracket, are drawn in brown ink, as is the profile of the cornice on the verso.
Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Physical description
Measured elevation of a doorway. On the verso, a profile of the cornice and section of one side of the doorway. The left-hand bracket and the sculpture over the door, a winged angel's head and an ornamented bracket, are drawn in brown ink, as is the profile of the cornice on the verso.
Date
18th century (made)
Artist/maker
Chambers, William (Sir), born 1723 - died 1796 (drawn by)
Materials and Techniques
Pen with black and brown inks and pencil
Marks and inscriptions
'Porte de Notre dame de Lorette pres la Collonne Trajan du desein de Bramante; An Inscription; la masses generale de Cette porte d'une tres belle proportion'
'Profile de la Corniche; Plan du Chambranle et des montans'
Dimensions
Height: 472 mm, Width: 373 mm
Object history note
Found unregistered in the department
Historical context note
The pedimental sculpture also appears in a drawing in the Franco-Italian Album. The church begun by Bramante and Da Sangallo the younger in 1502 was completed by Del Duca, who added the Michelangelesque side doors between 1573 and 1577.
Descriptive line
Measured elevation of a doorway, 18th century, by Sir William Chambers (1723-1796).
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Snodin, Michael. Sir William Chambers London: V&A Publications, 1996. ISBN: 1851771824
Snodin catalogue number 539
Materials
Pencil; Pen and ink
Techniques
Drawing
Subjects depicted
Angels; Plan; Doorway; Cornice; Bracket
Categories
Architecture; Drawings; Designs
Production Type
Design
Collection code
PDP
