KINMEL - PARK / LAYING OUT OF TERRACES

People:

Unknown, United Kingdom, mid 19th century (landscape architect)
Unknown, United Kingdom, mid 19th century (draughtsman)
William Eden Nesfield (architect)
Hugh Robert Hughes (client)

Title:

KINMEL - PARK / LAYING OUT OF TERRACES

Date:

1878

Description:

- This plan of Kinmel Park house and stable, shows sketch designs in plan and section for the garden terraces, the location of proposed water conduits, fountains, plantings, and types of garden materials.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with watercolour and blue pencil and graphite pentimenti

Dimensions:

sheet: 95.2 x 75.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:0555

Drawing Type:

sketch

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
planting plan
section

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, throughout: with labels, dimensions, and annotations; in blue pencil and graphite, throughout: with annotations; and in pen and brown ink, c.r.: "TOTAL LONGITUDE / 36 LESS THAN W[illiam] E[den] N[esfield] PLAN IN PENCIL / AND BASIN 55 NEARER POINT OF SIGHT" inscribed - by the client ? in pen and red ink, u.l.: "to be returned to Reid [underlined twice] / H[ughes] of K[inmel]"

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

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

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