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Comparative Heights of Some of the Principal Buildings of the World

Print
ca. 1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (printers)
Cockerell, Charles Robert (artist)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Print showing the comparative heights of some of the principal buildings of the world.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleComparative Heights of Some of the Principal Buildings of the World (published title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Ink
Paper
Lithograph
Brief description
Print from a drawing by John E Goodchild (for Charles Robert Cockerell), "Comparative heights of some of ten principal buildings of the world, c.1842
Physical description
Print showing the comparative heights of some of the principal buildings of the world.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 45.5cm
  • Sheet width: 57.1cm
  • Image height: 295mm
  • Image width: 503mm
Gallery label
(27 November 2018)
Cast Courts Reinstallation, 27 November 2018

12.
'Comparative heights of some of the principal buildings of the world'
Charles Robert Cockerell, about1842

The Cast Courts were originally called the Architectural Courts and intended as a space for 'public instruction'. A huge version of this drawing by the architect C.R.Cockerell hung in the courts when they first opened. It allowed visitors to compare the relative sizes of buildings from different eras and parts of the world, and make connections with the scale of the architectural casts they could see before them.

REPRODUCED FROM
Lithograph
printed by Vincent Brooks
Museum no. 28482


Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
28482

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1004072/comparative-heights-of-some-of-print-cockerell-charles-robert/
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