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  • image SM 54/1/15

Reference number

SM 54/1/15

Purpose

[16] Finished drawing for Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1820

Aspect

Elevation and two perspective views of Holy Trinity as in SM 54/1/13 but with a variant design for the west tower. The tower starts with a square, a clock face with a pediment, surmounted by a base and a tower with a latticed lancet window which is topped by a pediment and acroteri. Above is a frieze of swags. The architrave is supported by Corinthian columns, then a fluted conical roof upon which is a rounded plinth surmounted by a dome and a large-scale pinecone cap

Scale

bar scale of 22/10 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design for a Church intended to be erected in the Eastern division of the Parish of St. Marylebone / (and in pencil) Design / N.2. / Elevation / The plan the same as Design no. 1 / G.

Signed and dated

  • 1820
    1820.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of Payne’s grey, brown, sepia, and stone within a triple ruled border, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (961 x 623)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

J WHATMAN / 1820

Literature

Carr, 1976, vol. II p. 361, vol. III p. 831 fig. 152
John, 2002, p. 48 fig. 37, pp. 53-54

Level

Drawing

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