Partial perspective of the capital of an Islamic column and detail of a pilaster from the south porch, Palermo Cathedral, Italy

People:

Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (draughtsman)

Title:

Partial perspective of the capital of an Islamic column and detail of a pilaster from the south porch, Palermo Cathedral, Italy

Date:

6 July 1845

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

detail drawing
travel sketch

Technique and media:

Graphite and pen and black ink

Dimensions:

secondary support: 18.9 x 12.9 cm sheet: 16.4 x 10.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0005

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing
sketch

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
partial perspective

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Traces of a graphite erased [?] border appear on the secondary support; fingerprints on top and traces of glue [?] on the right side of secondary support.

Inscription:

signed, inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink [?] erased [?], l.l.: "Digby Wyatt"; in pen and black ink, u.l. to u.r.: "- PALERMO - Capital from the Gt. N. Porch of the Cathdl"; and l.l.: "July - 6th 1845."

Location:

Palermo; Sicily; Italy;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

engaged column
porch
veranda
shafts (column components)
cathedral
entablature
pediment
pilaster
foliation (pattern)
Islamic column (architectural element)
shaft (Medieval column)
spiral column
vaulting capital

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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