Otago University drawing no. 7 [opened 1879].
Date Created
[ca. 1877]
Date
1877
Identifier
Hocken Pictorial Collections - ?
a1599
Description
An architectural cross-section of the staircase housed within the Clocktower Building. Depicting in detail the "Section Thro Hall".
Upper left (u.l.) - l.r. in ink: Otago University. Drawing no 7. Section thro hall shewing staircase; through image in ink: Scale 1/4 of an inch. Purlins. Sunk for mat. Tiles. Arbroath flagging. Stone chips. Concrete. Section thro staircase; through image in ink: [measurements]
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Format
Architectural drawings
Extent
494 x 690 mm (lacunae)
Medium
pen & red & black ink & watercolour on oiled paper
paper soaked in fish cartridge
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
November 1993: ca 1966 Miller White & Dalziel deposited this and 12 other plans (mostly Bury's) of the university in Hocken. Some were placed in archives, but this one was placed in pictures. In 1994 M W & D still held at least two of Bury's originals and displayed them in Glenroy Auditorium.
Deposited by the University of Otago & Miller White & Dunn, Dunedin, 1966.
Source
University of Otago Library Collection, D B 975, Drawing number 7
Is Part Of
University of Otago Library Collection
Files
Collection
Citation
Bury, Maxwell, 1825-1912 and University of Otago, “Otago University drawing no. 7 [opened 1879].,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed April 25, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/5935.