• Brian Merrett (photographer)
• Lorne Marshall (role unspecified)
• Arnaldo Marchetti (role unspecified)
• Marshall, Merrett, Stahl, Elliott, and Mill (role unspecified)

Photographic series documenting the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec

April 1969 - 4 February 1971; 1 July 1981

Gelatin silver prints

comps. (range): 20,3 to 30,6 x 20,2 to 30,6 cm sheets (range): 27,7 to 35,5 x 27,6 to 35,5 cm

PH1981:1267:001-030

• partial views
• close-up views
• exterior views
• interior views

numbered, inscribed, dated and signed - by the photographer, in graphite, on the print, verso, l.l. to l.c.: with number of image in series and title; l.c.: with negative number on most photographs; and l.r. or l.c.: with date and signature

Montréal; Québec; Canada;

• architecture
• sculpture

• identification sign
• bank (building)
• Corinthian order
• restoration (process)
• molds (shaping tools)
• casting (process)

© Estate of Brian Merrett © Succession Brian Merrett

Contient:

• PH1981:1267:001, Partial view of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal showing the main entrance prior to restoration, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 1 July 1970
• PH1981:1267:002, Partial view of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal showing two Corinthian capitals prior to restoration, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, April 1969
• PH1981:1267:003, Close-up view of a Corinthian capital of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal prior to restoration, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, April 1969
• PH1981:1267:004, Close-up view of Arnaldo Marchetti at the Western Pattern Works sculpting a full-scale one-quarter section clay master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 1969
• PH1981:1267:005, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing Arnaldo Marchetti sculpting a full-scale one-quarter section clay master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 1969
• PH1981:1267:006, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing the disintegrating clay master and the plaster mold for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, January 1970
• PH1981:1267:007, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing Joe Corbo and Frank Conte planning the casting sequence for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 1969
• PH1981:1267:008, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing Joseph Strachan and an assistant identifying various pieces of the mold for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, January 1970
• PH1981:1267:009, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing a man cleaning the mold pieces for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 1969
• PH1981:1267:010, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing the plaster mold, the original clay master and plaster reference master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, January 1970
• PH1981:1267:011, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing Anselmi and Strachan removing the shell used to form the inner mold for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 16 April 1970
• PH1981:1267:012, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing Anselmi, Small, Yeats, Strachan and Comtois inspecting the mold sections for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 16 April 1970
• PH1981:1267:013, Interior view of the Robert Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Foundry showing molten aluminium being poured into a 1/4 section mold for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, June 1970
• PH1981:1267:014, Interior view of the Robert Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Foundry showing the casting of a one-quarter section for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, June 1970
• PH1981:1267:015, Interior view of the Robert Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Foundry showing an aluminium capital at the cooling stage for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, June 1970
• PH1981:1267:016, Interior view of the Robert Mitchell & Co. Ltd. Foundry showing three aluminium one-quarter test sections for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, June 1970
• PH1981:1267:017, Interior view of the Western Pattern Works showing four one-quarter sections in a trial assembly for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, June 1970
• PH1981:1267:018, Close-up view of a capital with the decorative carving partially removed during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 25 August 1970
• PH1981:1267:019, View of fragments of the decorative carving from the original capitals on the steps of the main entrance during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 18 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:020, View of workers installing a trial one-quarter aluminum section during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, August 1970
• PH1981:1267:021, View of workers verifying the alignment of a one-quarter aluminium test section during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, August 1970
• PH1981:1267:022, View of four one-quarter aluminum sections adjacent to the prepared columns prior to installation during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 18 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:023, View of four installed one-quarter test sections during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 25 August 1970
• PH1981:1267:024, View of the installed aluminium capitals showing urea-formaldehyde foam injected between the stone and aluminium during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, 18 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:025, View of a worker brushing hypalon material onto the aluminium capital during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 29 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:026, View of a worker dusting the exterior surface an aluminium capital with silica sand during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 29 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:027, Close-up view of a worker dusting the surface of an aluminium capital with silica sand during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 29 September 1970
• PH1981:1267:028, View of pigeon wire guards prior to installation on an aluminum capital during the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 2 October 1970
• PH1981:1267:029, View of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal from across the street after the restoration of the Corinthian capitals, 119 rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, 4 February 1971
• PH1981:1267:030, Exterior view of a fragment of an original Corinthian capital from the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal in a birdbath in Senneville, Québec, 1 July 1981