SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS
Design, Architectural Drawing
ca.1870-90 (made)
ca.1870-90 (made)
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Pencil and watercolour on paper backed with linen. This sheet comprises two drawings for new buildings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. On the left, the first shows a longitudinal section of one of the 'Courts W of S. E Court', top-lit with a coved ceiling and a large central doorway. On the right, the second design shows a block containing the 'South East Staircase'. At ground-floor level paired columns respectively frame a doorway and the first treads of the staircase; at first-floor level, the block is top-lit with a cover ceiling. To the left, the vestibule adjoins the edge of a single-storey room or court; to the right, it adjoins a two-storey range labelled 'Buildings towards Cromwell Road', in front of which runs a ground-floor arcade topped with a balustrade. Entitled 'SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS.' Scale bar; annotations; some measurements. See also E.1041-1927.
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Title | SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper backed with linen |
Brief description | Design for Victoria and Albert Museum, east library staircase and adjoining rooms, about 1870-90 |
Physical description | Pencil and watercolour on paper backed with linen. This sheet comprises two drawings for new buildings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. On the left, the first shows a longitudinal section of one of the 'Courts W of S. E Court', top-lit with a coved ceiling and a large central doorway. On the right, the second design shows a block containing the 'South East Staircase'. At ground-floor level paired columns respectively frame a doorway and the first treads of the staircase; at first-floor level, the block is top-lit with a cover ceiling. To the left, the vestibule adjoins the edge of a single-storey room or court; to the right, it adjoins a two-storey range labelled 'Buildings towards Cromwell Road', in front of which runs a ground-floor arcade topped with a balustrade. Entitled 'SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS.' Scale bar; annotations; some measurements. See also E.1041-1927. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928. |
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Accession number | E.1042-1927 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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