Plan, elevation and section for a bearing wall [?] for Notre-Dame de Montréal for the renovations of the 1860s

Part of:

People:

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

Title:

Plan, elevation and section for a bearing wall [?] for Notre-Dame de Montréal for the renovations of the 1860s

Date:

contracted 20 September 1862

Description:

- The inscribed titles on two drawings by Théophile Fahrland indicate that the subjects are a "tambour" [drum] (AR1996:1001:232) and details for a "tambour" (AR1996:1001:231) for Notre-Dame de Montréal. The subject of these drawings is identified as a "bearing wall [?]", since the definition of a "drum" - a vertical wall, either circular or polygonal in plan, that carries a dome - apparently does not apply in this case (Art and Architecture Thesaurus). Further research is required to determine the subject of these drawings more precisely.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawings

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with grey watercolour wash ? and graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 42.8 x 73.2 cm

Reference number:

AR1996:1001:232

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
doodle

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views
plan view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are doodles in graphite in various locations of the drawing.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, b.: with title; and l.r.: "T Fahrland" [signature] inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, c.: "A" inscribed, dated and signed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, c.r. to u.r.: "Ceci est le plan marqué A auquel est refere dans un certaine marché / entre Pierre Desautels & La Fabrique de Montréal passé devant Me I. Doucen / son coufrére [?], notaires sousignes levingt [sic] septembre mil huit cent soixante deux, / signé des parties et de nous dits notaires ne [underlined] varietur [? underlined]"; "Piérre Dèsautels" [signature]; and with three signatures inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, c.r.: "Eglise Notre Dame / Plan d'un Tambour / [two illeg. words]"

Location:

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bearing wall
drum (wall)

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:

99-00-24

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