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Add MS 42569
- Record Id:
- 032-002003150
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002003150
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000253
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 42569
- Title:
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY JAMES ESSEX, the younger, builder and architect, in pen-and-ink with grey wash, of buildings at Cambridge (with one exception); bef. 1738-1766, n.d. As follows:-
(1) Peterhouse, elevation showing Sir James Burrough's proposed rebuilding of the south-east front; before 1738. f. 1.
(2) Senate House, interior elevation; 7 Oct. 1741. f. 2.
(3) Emmanuel College, elevation and plan of proposed rebuilding of west front; 1 jan. 1748. f. 3.
(4) Clare College, interior and exterior elevations and plan of the new chapel; Apr. 1766. ff. 4-6.
(5) King's College, design for altar piece showing the wainscot round the sanctuary set up by Essex in 1776; n.d. f. 7.
(6) Thaxted, co. Essex, design for window in the church; Aug. 1765. f. 8. For details of the building operations connected with drawings (1)-(5) see R. Willis and J. W. Clark, The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, 1886. Paper; ff. 8. Large folio. Bef. 1738-1776. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings, whose press-marks (Z. 1165, etc.) remain on the drawings.
- Scope & Content:
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings: J. Essex, architectural drawings: 18th cent.
includes:
- f. 1 Cambridge; Peterhouse: Elevation of proposed rebuilding of S.E. front: bef. 1738.
- f.1 Sir James Burrough, architect: Elevation of proposed rebuilding of S.E. front of Peterhouse by: bef. 1738.
- ff. 1-7 James Essex, the younger; architect: Elevations, etc., of the Senate House, etc., at Cambridge: 18th cent.
- ff. 1-7 Architecture: Elevations of the Senate House, etc., Cambridge: 18th cent.
- f.2 University of Cambridge: Elevation of the interior of the Senate House: 1741.
- f. 3 Cambridge; Emmanuel College: Elevation and plan of proposed rebuilding of W. front: 1748.
- ff. 4-6 Cambridge; Clare College: Elevations and plan of the chapel: 1766.
- f. 7 Cambridge; King's College: Design for altar piece: bef. 1776.
- f. 8 Thaxted, Essex: Design for window at(?): 1765.
- f. 8 James Essex, the younger; architect: Designs for window in [? Thaxted] church: 1765.
- f. 8 Architecture: Design for window in Thaxted (?) church: 1765.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003150
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002003150
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1738
- End Date:
- 1766
- Date Range:
- 1738-1766
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burrough, James, architect
Clare College, University of Cambridge
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Essex, James, architect and antiquary, 1722-1784
King's College, University of Cambridge
Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, 1209- - Places:
- Thaxted, Essex