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Plan & elevation for the design of a capital & cornice at The Fitzwilliam Museum

Design
1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Architectural drawing - Plan & elevation for the design for the capital & cornice of The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; a cornice with ornate keywork like pattern, decohedron on an orange ground and acanthus leaf motifs around the border, an ornate stiff leaf capital with scrolls and floral decoration, with neo-classical decorated plinth above.


Object details

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Object type
TitlePlan & elevation for the design of a capital & cornice at The Fitzwilliam Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and pencil drawing
Brief description
Plan & elevation by Charles Robert Cockerell for the design of a capital & cornice at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Great Britain, 1847.
Physical description
Architectural drawing - Plan & elevation for the design for the capital & cornice of The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; a cornice with ornate keywork like pattern, decohedron on an orange ground and acanthus leaf motifs around the border, an ornate stiff leaf capital with scrolls and floral decoration, with neo-classical decorated plinth above.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5in
  • Width: 12.625in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.2114-1909

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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