© Natural History Museum
Album of architectural drawings
Artist: Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905)
Location: Natural History Museum
Date: circa 1880
Materials: pencil; pencil & colour wash
Dimensions: 37.5 x 26.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £6,500 (Total: £16,500)
Vendor: Yves Gremont
Review number: 5283 (2003)
Provenance:
Jean-Pierre Leveilley, Antiquarian Bookseller, Angers; M Yves Gremont, circa 1975.
Description:
The album contains 66 detailed drawings of the enrichments for the new Museum of Natural History (South Kensington) modelled by C Dujardin for Alfred Waterhouse. The drawings show considerable delicacy to ensure that important details of the terracotta reliefs which adorn the museum interior and cladding were not lost through shrinkage during the final firing process.
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