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Architectural Drawing

23 July 1686 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Architectural design, sketch plan of a church with a pentagonal ground-plan, the plan modified to provide a tower or entrance porch; the main walls surrounded by a peristyle, and the interior circular. On the other half of the sheet is a fragmentary drawing with a short note and the date 'July 23 1686.'

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil, indented with the stilus
Brief description
Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sketch plan of a church with a pentagonal ground-plan, dated 23 July 1686
Physical description
Architectural design, sketch plan of a church with a pentagonal ground-plan, the plan modified to provide a tower or entrance porch; the main walls surrounded by a peristyle, and the interior circular. On the other half of the sheet is a fragmentary drawing with a short note and the date 'July 23 1686.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.125in
  • Width: 5.375in
Credit line
Given by Art Fund
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.415-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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