Rendered elevation and plan for a mansion in a French revival style

People:

Charles Thomine (draughtsman)
Charles Thomine (architect)

Title:

Rendered elevation and plan for a mansion in a French revival style

Date:

ca. 1860

Description:

- This elevation and plan show a stone house with classical detailing in a French revival style, including rustication and quoining at the "Rez-de-Chaussée" level, and classically articulated niches and window frames.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black and red ink over graphite, and watercolour

Dimensions:

sheet: 65.1 x 49.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0307

Drawing Type:

finished drawing
rendering

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
plan (drawing)
elevation (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Remains of an album guard are visible on the verso of an old fold at the c. of the sheet.

Inscription:

signed, dated, and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, c.r.: "CThomine 1861"; c.: "Plan-du-Rez-de Chaussée [sic]" and l.c.: with measurements and names of rooms numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "140 - 80" [partially erased]

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

mansion
Second Empire
eclecticism

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

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