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Print

1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Brook-Greaves, R. B. (artist)
Allen, W. Godfrey (surveyor)
Place of origin
London (made)

Isometric projection showing the construction of St Paul's Cathedral.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Architecture
Religion
Designs
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
process engraving
Paper
Process Engraving
Drawing
Brief description
Engraving of an isometric projection of St Paul's Cathedral, by R. B. Brook-Greaves and W. Godfrey Allen, London, 1928
Physical description
Isometric projection showing the construction of St Paul's Cathedral.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46.5in
  • Width: 30in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
  • To William Dunn, F.R.I.B.A. who first suggested the idea of showing the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral by Isometric Projection - this drawing is inscribed by Mervyn Edmund Macartney, F.S.A. Surveyor to the Fabric - Measured and drawn by R. B. Brooke-Greaves in collaboration with W. Godfrey Allen. Valuable assistance has been rendered by Matthew Dawson F.R.I.B.A. and E. J. Bolwell.
  • This drawing, which was commenced in October 1923 and carried out during the reparation of St. Pauls Cathedral, was completed in January 1928. The inscriptions are the work of Percy Smith. (Lettered in a scroll at the top right hand corner of the print)
  • Published by the Architectural Press. Photo & Collo-imp. Donald Macbeth
Subjects depicted
Architecture
Construction
Cathedrals
Domes
Architectural Drawing
Place depicted
St Paul's Cathedral
Associations
London
St Paul's Cathedral
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2208-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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