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Architectural Model

1958
Artist/Maker

This model shows Trevor Dannatt's design for a combined university college building and museum of Roman antiquities sited around the foundations of a Roman bathhouse. The building commenced in 1959 and was completed in 1962.

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Balsam wood, plastic, paint and sponge [grass and trees] in perspex case
Brief description
Trevor Dannatt RA: design for Vaughan College and Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester, 1958: model
Dimensions
  • Width: 465mm
  • Length: 420mm
  • Height: 130mm
Marks and inscriptions
British Embassy, Riyadh / Architects: Trevor Dannatt ARA and Partners / for Property Services Agency, London

Note
Inscpiption on label, typed black ink
Credit line
Given by Trevor Dannatt RA
Summary
This model shows Trevor Dannatt's design for a combined university college building and museum of Roman antiquities sited around the foundations of a Roman bathhouse. The building commenced in 1959 and was completed in 1962.
Bibliographic reference
Roger Stonehouse, 'Trevor Dannatt: works and words'. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2008, pp.118-123
Collection
Accession number
CD.66-2016

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2016
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