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[1] Survey drawing of the west entrance to Magdalen Chapel, Oxford, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 4/27
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing of the west entrance to Magdalen Chapel, Oxford, ND
Aspect
Above- Elevation of part of an ogee doorway which is surrounded by a band of foliage terminating in a winged putto. Above the doorway there is a castellated panel ornamented with figures, and these set within gothic arches articulated by Tuscan columns and surmounted by pinnacles and anthemia. Set in between the figures there are square panels ornamented with quatrefoil surmounted by rosettes(?)
Below- Elevation of part of a cornice, ornamented with a band of calyx and a band of trefoil leaves
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Door in [the] (crossed through) Mauddlin Colege, Oxford / Cornice in the Arcade of the Quadrangle of Maudlin Colege Oxford
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (193 x 320)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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