Plan for Notre-Dame de Montréal showing the crypt

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People:

James O'Donnell (draughtsman)
James O'Donnell (architect)
Fabrique de Notre Dame (archive creator)

Title:

Plan for Notre-Dame de Montréal showing the crypt

Date:

28 December 1824 ?

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black and brown ink over graphite with grey watercolour

Dimensions:

sheet: 60.4 x 70.3 cm

Reference number:

AR1996:1001:238

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

interior view
plan view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- It appears that inscriptions on the u.l. to u.r. and the crypt location on the plan l.c. of the drawing were added by unknown hands after 1829.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, b.: "28 December 1824 [?]" [upside down]; and in pen and black ink, in various locations: with measurements inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in pen and black ink, u.r.: "REMARQUES."; with names and dates of burials; and "deux grandes fosses contenants les ossements / des corps exhumés de la Vieille Eglise. ..." [sideways]; in pen and brown ink, u.r. to u.l.: with names, dates and numbers of burials [sideways]; and l.c.: with numbers of burials; and in graphite, l.r.: with numbers and names of burials [sideways] numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, c.: "No 4 [illeg.]" [upside down]

Location:

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Fonds de la Fabrique Notre-Dame de Montréal, en dépôt au CCA/
Fonds de la Fabrique Notre-Dame de Montréal, on deposit at the CCA

Folder Number:

99-00-22

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