Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Topographic survey of land owned by the Palos Verdes Corporation, with a grid superimposed on the chapel site

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People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)
Ralph Jester (advisor)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Topographic survey of land owned by the Palos Verdes Corporation, with a grid superimposed on the chapel site

Date:

after 1946

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing
record drawing
technical drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and red and yellow pencil on photomechanical print

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.): 90,17 × 66,04 cm (35 1/2 × 26 in.)

Reference number:

DR1987:0684

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing
topographic survey

Method of Projection:

sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

imprinted and numbered - c.l.: "N[orth]"; u.r.: "PALOS VERDES CORPORATION / ROLLING HILLS CALIFORNIA [...]" [sideways]; c.r.: with legend keyed to topographic symbols; l.r.: "TOPOGRAPHY BY FAIRCHILD AERIAL SURVEYS INC. / CONTROL BY FAIRCHILD AERIAL SURVEYS INC. / PALOS VERDES GRID SYSTEM / SHEET 27" [sideways]; along the edges of the map: with degrees of latitude and longitude; and in various locations: with topographic features and geographical names stamped and dated - u.r.: "Copyright 1946 By / Palos Verdes Corporation" [sideways] inscribed and numbered - by the draghtsman, in graphite and coloured pencil, u.c.: with measurements and numbers identifying grid lines; in pink pencil, verso, l.l.: "JESTER [underlined] / PALOS VERDES TOPO [...]; and in graphite, verso, c.l.: with calculations and notes inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, verso, u.l.: "Psalm 107 at the end / "Then are they glad because they / are quiet so He bringeth / them unto the haven of their desire""

Location:

United States

Subject:

topographic

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

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