Door and architrave design, with measurements
- Bonomi MSS 45.157 (verso)
- Item
Part of Joseph Bonomi Collection
Door and architrave design, with measurements:
- ink drawing with ink (orange) wash on paper
- loose
- 20.4 x 28.0 cm
- [on drawing] 'House' (ink note)
- [on drawing] 'Door & architrave' (ink note)
- [on drawing] '8 feet 1 inch' (ink note)
- [on drawing] '8 feet 10 inches' (ink note)
- [on drawing] 'Dr Sir / I beg to present to the institute of B architects / a copy
castof the obelisk of Karnak which I [(replacing) was] executed for Ld Prudhoe / I hope as an architectural decoration it may not be unworthy of a place in the rooms of / the Institute' (pencil note) - [on drawing] 'a cast
taken fromproper(?) a modelexecuted in slate of theof the great obelisk at Carnac which I [(replacing) was] executed in slate / conduction inspectionat the expensefor [(replacing) of] Lord Prudhoe' (pencil note) - [on drawing] 'be unworthy of a place in the rooms of the institute' (pencil note)