Drawings Methods of construction
Object number
LDSAL2020.1.4
Artist/Designer/Maker
Smirke, Sidney - Artist
Production date
1838
Material
paper
pen
ink
Wash
pen
ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 226mm
Width: 563mm
Width: 563mm
Associated place
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester (Medway)
Medway
Kent
Edgcote
Northamptonshire
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Rochester (Medway)
Medway
Kent
Edgcote
Northamptonshire
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Sketches explanatory of the Mode adopted by Masons at various and distant periods in forming a straight head over an Aperture.
Archæologia Vol. XXVII. p. 384.
Archæologia Vol. XXVII. p. 384.
Inscription content
FROM THE WEST FRONT OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
CHIMNEY OPENING AT EDGCOT [sic] NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
CHIMNEY OPENING AT EDGCOT [sic] NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
Inscription content
Sydney Smirke
Feb. 1838.
Feb. 1838.
References
Reference (free text)
Sydney Smirke, 'Observations on the Mode Adopted by Masons at Various and Distant Periods in Forming a Straight Head over an Aperture', Archaeologia 27 (1838): 381-5.
Illustration (Engraving), nos. 4 and 5, pl. XXVII, opp. p. 384.
