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Metalwork Design

March 1909 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of two designs for an altar showing front and side elevations.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on tracing paper
Brief description
Drawing, a design for the altar of the private chapel in Mount Stuart House, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, showing a front and side elevation. Pencil drawing on tracing paper after an original design by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, 1909.
Physical description
One of two designs for an altar showing front and side elevations.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.1cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscribed by the donor with notes etc.)
  • 'March 1909' (Dated)
Credit line
Given by Mr Frank Theodore
Object history
This drawing is a design for an altar of the private chapel in Mount Stuart House, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, for the Marquess of Bute.
Subject depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1037-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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