Geometric design for ceiling

Working drawing
C.R. Cockerell, 1837-40
Geometric design for ceiling. With section showing arches and perspectival section. Pencil
MS Add.9272/1/55 verso

The highlight of Cockerell’s surviving executed work in Cambridge must be the library’s extraordinary barrel vault. In this drawing Cockerell shows the complex geometry of its diagonal coffering.

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