Details
Creator Cochran, Donald Robb, 1897-1986.
Title [Sketchbook of architecture in England, France, and Belgium] [graphic].
Date 1923
Physical Description approximately 50 drawings in 1 volume : pencil drawings ; album 16 x 10 cm (6.25 x 3.75 in.)
Description Sketchbook containing pencil drawings of exterior and interior views and architectural features of buildings in England, France, and Belgium. Includes manuscript notes about expenditures and architectural details, such as measurements and colors. Titled sketches include: Farmhouse nr. Chambourg Tourraine; Houses across the Indre at Azay; Old Mill at Azay-le-Rideau, Stone walls - fine slate roof no cornice; Azay-le-Rideau The Indre; Ambulatory of Bouges; Hand latch St. Pierre Coutanc[es], escutcheon beveled esge St. Pierre Countances; Countances 9-16-23; Rouen Choir 8-22-23; Amiens; An Abbeville horse; Home nr. Ashford, Kent; White gate nr. Ashford, Kent; Red tile hip- cemented at angles (Kentish); App. Scheme of truss Charing Church, Kent; Interior of window of porch, Lenham Church, Kent; Old lectern-Lenham Ch., Kent; Brass chandelier, Lenham Ch. Kent like Bruges; Eccleston Ch.; Ext. Section Selby Abbey S. Transept Window (modern); Ch. of St. John Evangelist (Cowley, Fathers); St. Cath. College Entrance Hall.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from manuscript inscription written on interior of front cover: Donald Robb Cochran, Europe 1923.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Biographical / historical note Donald Robb Cochran (1897-1986) was born in Chester, Pa. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in architecture in 1921. From 1921 to 1923, he worked as a draftsman at the Boston firm of Frohman, Robb & Little. He then worked at the Philadelphia firm Mellor, Meigs & Howe until 1932. In 1933, he joined Sun Oil Co. as a staff architect.
Subject Architectural elements.
Churches.
Geographic subject Bruges (Belgium)
Coutances (France)
Kent (England)
Genre Sketchbooks -- 1920-1930.
Pencil drawings -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – albums [P.2022.62.3.51]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.51