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Reference number

SM D3/7/10

Purpose

6 St James's Square, Westminster, c.1816

Aspect

[3] Front elevation, not finished

Scale

1/7 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Marquis of Bristol / 6 S. James' Square

Signed and dated

  • c.1816

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on wove paper (395 x 280)

Hand

Dance

Notes

A pair of Diocletian windows replaces the square windows of the attic of [SM D3/7/9] and [SM D3/7/11] and the blank centre now has windows inserted at ground, first and second floor levels. The row of brackets supporting the balcony is carefully aligned so that larger, paired brackets relate to the pilasters and single, smaller ones to the window mullions, a more consistent solution than in [SM D3/7/11]. The emphasis is vertical with the horizontal rustication of the ground floor replaced by paired slim pilasters and upper storey with an attic order of four instead of two pilasters. The introduction of three windows in the formerly blank central area disrupts the balance of solid and void in the design.

Four pilasters with minimal Doric capitals front the first and second floors, having an entablature from which the architrave is omitted. In the frieze, four garlands with jaunty bows are placed each above a capital.

Level

Drawing

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