Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Publicity leaflet for El Cerrito with sketches for lot and access road for chapel on an aerial photograph (recto) and on a map of El Cerrito (verso)

Part of:

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Thomas Bros. Maps (printer)
Lloyd Wright (architect)
Clyde Sunderland (photographer)
George Coupland Thomas (publisher)
San Francisco Society of the New Jerusalem (client)

Title:

Date:

between 1950 and 1962

Description:

- The draughtsman has sketched the site for Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California on a publicity leaflet: one sketch is on a map (verso) and the other is on an aerial photograph (recto) of El Cerrito.

Form:
maps
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings

Technique and media:

Orange pencil on photomechanical print; verso: graphite on photomechanical print

Dimensions:

sheet: 55.7 x 43.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0476 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawings
planimetric map

Method of Projection:

sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

general view
aerial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet was originally folded.

Inscription:

imprinted - c.r.: with title; t.: "SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION"; u.r.: "Aerial View of El Cerrito -- Mt. Diabolo in Distance --Clyde Sunderland Photo"; verso, u.l.: "MAP OF / EL CERRITO / AND VICINITY" [sideways]; l.l.: "THOMAS BROS. / MAP PUBLISHERS / 337-17th St. Oakland 12, Calif. / COPYRIGHTED BY GEO. COUPLAND THOMAS" [sideways]; and throughout on recto and verso: with street names, grid reference, cities and topographic features stamped and numbered - l.l.: "#199" [sideways; cancelled with red pencil] numbered - by an unknown hand, in red pencil, l.l.: "244" [job number; sideways; beside the cancelled stamp]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

access road

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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