Sketchbook of Norman and Gothic buildings in Kent, Sussex, and Westminster, England

People:

George Edmund Street (draughtsman)

Title:

Sketchbook of Norman and Gothic buildings in Kent, Sussex, and Westminster, England

Date:

1844-1845

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 sketchbook(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawings
detail drawings
topographical views
travel sketches

Technique and media:

Mostly graphite with some pen and brown ink and pen and black ink over graphite

Dimensions:

album: 14.9 x 24.2 x 1.4 cm sheets: 14.2 x 23.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0033:001-035

Drawing Type:

line drawings
sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings
sketch profiles (orthagraphic drawings)
sketch elevations (drawings)
sketch plans (drawings)
sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views
panoramic views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This sketchbook of 35 folios is bound between cardboard, with paper covers and green leather binding and trim.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite and pen and brown ink, throughout: with titles, notes, and measurements.

Location:

Kent; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
doorways
spires
towns
castles
churches
porches
inn
cloisters
stained glass (visual work)
abbey churches
mouldings
parish churches
vaults
keep

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

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