Proportional study of the orders

People:

Unknown, England, late 18th century - early 19th century (draughtsman)
Augustus Pugin (draughtsman)
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (draughtsman)

Title:

Proportional study of the orders

Date:

late 18th - early 19th century

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet (circular): 28.6 x 28.6 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Reference number:

DR1979:0013

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

elevations (drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This circular sheet is quite dirty, with several mended tears, a hole in the centre, and several pinpricks around the edges. The verso of the sheet is visible, because the centre of the secondary support to which it is glued at the edges has been cut out.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and black ink, l.c.: "Scales of / Projection with / Intermediates" inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and brown ink, throughout: each pedestal and column is identified, clockwise from t.: "Composite / - Diam. Pedes. 3 1/3 Diam."; "Corinthian / - Diam. Pedes. 2 [illeg.] 1/2 Diam.r"; "Ionic / Diam. Pedes. 2 .. 38 [?] Diam."; "Dorick / Diam. Pedes. 4 2/3. Diam."; "Tuscan / Diameter. Pedestal 1"; "Entab 2 Column 10 -"; "Entab. 1:54, Column 9 1/2 -"; "Entab 1:50. Column 9."; "Entab 3 3/4. Column. 17 1/3 -"; "Entab. 1 3/4. Column Seven" inscribed - by a 20th century hand, in graphite, verso, c.r.: "A.C.W. PUGIN / or his circle" inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and black ink, throughout: with numbers from 1 to 10 alongside each order of architecture

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

columns (architectural elements)
entablatures
pedestals
Doric order
Ionic order
Corinthian order
Composite order
Tuscan order

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

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