Elevation for the choir for the interior design by Napoléon Bourassa for Notre-Dame de Montréal

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People:

Napoléon Bourassa (architect)
Napoléon Bourassa (draughtsman)
James O'Donnell (architect)
Fabrique de Notre Dame (archive creator)

Title:

Elevation for the choir for the interior design by Napoléon Bourassa for Notre-Dame de Montréal

Date:

26 May 1873

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
presentation drawing (proposal)
detail drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink over graphite with grey watercolour

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.): 38.8 x 50 cm secondary support: 38.8 x 50 cm

Reference number:

AR1996:1001:209

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

general view
interior view

Inscription:

signed and dated - by the draughtsman ? in pen and black ink, u.r.: "N.Bourassa. / 26 mai 1873 / Montréal-" inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in pen and black ink, u.l.: "Ce coté donne une idèe du decor du choeur, / (mieux représenté dans la coupe longitudinale.)"; t.: "Vue du Choeur avec profils des Arcs Joubleaux / et l'abside dans le cas où l'on voudrait accorder / un espace de 12 à 15 pieds au dessus de la sacristie."; u.r.: "Ce coté fait voir l'architecture sans le / decor."; and c.: "Sur cette / surface on pour- / rait peindre / une perspective / produisant l'il- / lusion d'une / autre nef en- / arrière du choeur (comme / vu à coté.)"

Location:

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Subject:

architecture
interior design

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

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