Object number1864.2.1914
Roof of Chapel, King's College
DateNd
Artist
Frederick Mackenzie
(English, 1787-1854)
CultureEnglish
MediumPencil and ink
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (34.29 x 22.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (at bottom, in ink): (scale); (at bottom, in pencil): Roof of Chapel, King's College; (at top, in ink): The intersection of two compartments of this roof would form a waved line like the following, consequently the forms are a little distorted to bring the line A-B- into a straight line- which is visible upon an attentive observation of the roof, but cannot well be expressed in a drawing.; (at right, in ink and pencil): X. this is a stone placed in the Ashlar on every corresponding pannel in each compartment of the roof - I don't know for what purpose. I left open till every other part of the compartment was finished for the convenience of communication between the workmen above and below during the construction.
ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
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