Testimony of study drawing showing details of the Ionic Order from the Erechtheion, Athens

People:

James S. Birch (role unspecified)

Title:

Testimony of study drawing showing details of the Ionic Order from the Erechtheion, Athens

Date:

ca. 1930-1940

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

detail drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink, graphite, light brown wash

Dimensions:

Sheet: 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0062

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section
elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed, scaled, stamped - R.I.B.A. Intermediate Testimonies of Study (upper left, black ink, draughtsman's hand), Sheet Number 2 (upper right, black ink, draughtsman's hand), ERECHTHEION, ATHENS - IONIC ORDER (upper centre, black ink, draughtsman's hand), J.S. Birch (lower right, black ink, draughtsman's hand), J.S. Birch/27 Cedar Street,/Kedleston Road,/Derby (verso, upper left, black ink, probably draughtsman's hand), REFERENCE BOOKS/ "ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS"/STUART V. REVETT./"A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE"/SIR BANISTER FLETCHER./"THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT GREECE"/ANDERSON & SPIERS. (lower centre, graphite, draughtsman's hand), (the details are titled with the part of the building they come from) Scale: GENERAL SCALE, one inch to one foot (with scale bar, lower left, black ink), SCALE FOR CENTRAL FIGURE, 2 5/8 inch to one foot (with scale bar, lower right, black ink)

Subject:

architecture

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

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