Album of architectural drawings

Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905)

Natural History Museum

circa 1880

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.

• Medium: pencil; pencil & colour wash
• Dimensions: 37.5 x 26.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £6500 ( Total: £16,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Yves Gremont

Provenance

Jean-Pierre Leveilley, Antiquarian Bookseller, Angers; M Yves Gremont, circa 1975.

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