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Album of architectural drawings (© Natural History Museum)
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© 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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