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
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.
