| Title |
[Hackney Empire : architectural plans] / Frank Matcham. |
| Publication Details |
1900-1937.
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| Description |
ill., plans.
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| Notes |
- Various sets of architectural drawings and plans relating to Hackney Empire.
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| Summary |
- 1901 - Working drawings, mainly ink on linen-backed cartridge paper, prepared for the original contract and signed by the contractor, F. and H.F. Higgs. The "contract set" drawings bear the Matcham office numbers 1 to 18 (lacking 10) and relate to the theatre, as originally designed, with a broad frontage to Mare Street. Revisions show the narrower frontage, more or less as built (28 items).
- Ca. 1901 - Working drawings, in a variety of media, including ink on tracing cloth and pencil on tracing paper, relating to the "contract set". Includes a set of negatives closely matching the "contract set" (27 items).
- Ca. 1901 - Working drawings in pencil and ink, on tracing paper, relating to the original contract. Includes drawings showing plaster ornament (6 items).
- Ca. 1901 - Working drawings and prints in various media relating to the original contract. Includes designs for the auditorium ceiling and for the iron entrance and queue canopies. Some items have fragile tracing paper overlays, now detached (8 items).
- 1901 - Blueprints for the engineering work for the original contract. One drawing bears the stamp of consulting engineer E. Wingfield Bowles, others are by structural engineers Walter Jones and Sons (17 items).
- Ca. 1900-1901 - Pre-contract drawings, in various media. Includes survey plans of the site and existing buildings, drawings of alterations to adjoining properties, designs for new shops, plans certified by the District Surveyor and tracings of Ordnance Survey maps (marked with the positions of licensed premises in preparation for a licensing application) (26 items).
- 1920-1937 - Working drawings and diagrams, including tracings and prints, relating to later works at the theatre. Includes designs for new cinema projection rooms, air handling equipment and exit stairs. Also, diagrams showing the positions of film projection ports. Many designs show alterations superimposed on earlier drawings (46 items).
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| Subjects |
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| Places |
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| Added Authors |
Matcham, Frank, 1854-1920.
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| Added Corporate Authors |
Frank Matcham & Co.
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| Form |
Plans (orthographic projections) -- England -- 1900-1937.
Block plans -- England -- 1900-1937.
Plans (drawings) -- England -- 1900-1960.
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| Material |
Plan
Map
Design
Architectural
Drawing
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| Record Origin |
Catalogued as part of the JISC East London Theatre Archive project. |
| Local Notes |
Main catalogue record is in EAD. Object housed at THM/2/1 as part of the Frank Matcham archive, V&A Theatre & Performance.
Housed with other material from this collection.
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| Local ID |
THM/2/1/7
THM/2/1/4
THM/2/1/5
THM/2/1/1
THM/2/1/2
THM/2/1/3
THM/2/1/6
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