Architectural Drawing Collection (#8)

Detail drawing, front elevation, Capitol Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Details of south wall in court - house of Carll Tucker, Mount Kisco, New York, 1925. Artist: Walker and Gillette
Details of south wall in court - house of Carll Tucker, Mount Kisco, New York, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Detail of main entrance, Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 1923. Designed by Schultze and Weaver, the hotel opened in 1923

Floor plans, University Club Building, Los Angeles, California, 1923. Second mezzanine plan, third floor plan, third mezzanine plan, fourth floor plan. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX

Detail of tower and typical floor plan, AM Creighton Building, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1923. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXIX. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1923]

Flatbush Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Detail of main facade - Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia, 1922. Artist: Sill, Buckler & Fenhagen
Detail of main facade - Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVI. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Elevation, the Village Chapel, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 1926. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLIV [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1926]

Custom House, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1925. The Custom House in Kings Lynn was designed by Henry Bell and built in 1683. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Stair hall elevations - house of Carll Tucker, Mount Kisco, New York, 1925. Artist: Walker and Gillette
Stair hall elevations - house of Carll Tucker, Mount Kisco, New York, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Sir Christopher Wren, 1711. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller
Sir Christopher Wren, 1711. Wren (1632-1723) is best remembered for his rebuilding of St Pauls Cathedral and numerous other churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666)

Architectural ornaments, c19th century

Cliff Towers, 1898. Artist: C Harrison
Cliff Towers, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 62 (London, 14th May 1898)

Study for the head of St James and an architectural drawing, 15th century (1930). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the head of St James and an architectural drawing, 15th century (1930). Found in the Windsor collection. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Plan of Windsor Castle, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Architectural Drawing 18th century Pen brown ink
Artokoloro

Quarter Design Painted Ceiling Recto Verso ornements
Artokoloro

Architectural Drawing 18th century Pen black ink
Artokoloro

Architectural Drawing Chapel 18th century Pen
Artokoloro

Architectural Drawing recto Sketch Figure verso
Artokoloro

Architectural Drawing 16th century Pen brown ink
Artokoloro

Architectural Drawing Chapel Hospital ca 1767
Artokoloro

Masonic seal, 1780, from The History of Freemasonry, volume III, published by Thomas C
KW277996 Masonic seal, 1780, from The History of Freemasonry, volume III, published by Thomas C. Jack, London, 1883 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Ken Welsh; English

Serlios alphabet, 1539
XJF3037925 Serlios alphabet, 1539 by Serlio, Sebastiano (1475-1554); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alphabet at end of Quattro libro, Sebastiano Serlios text on architecture)

Building for the Great Industrial Exhibition, 1850 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF268047 Building for the Great Industrial Exhibition, 1850 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, Florence, from The Seven Lamps of Architecture
KW259858 Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, Florence, from The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin, engraved by James Charles Armytage (c.1820-97) published 1894 (engraving) by Ruskin

Study of an Ionic capital (red chalk on paper) (recto)
BAL191799 Study of an Ionic capital (red chalk on paper) (recto) by Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564); British Museum, London, UK; Italian, out of copyright

Wrens Plan Of St Paul s
A cross-sectional plan of St Pauls Cathedral by its architect, Sir Christopher Wren, circa 1673. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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