Working drawings for mouldings, July and September 1803 (2)

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Reference number

SM (41) volume 73/113 (42) volume 73/110

Purpose

Working drawings for mouldings, July and September 1803 (2)

Aspect

41 Detail of the (Soane) Ornaments & mould[ing]s full size between the Columns / at the ends of the Hall / or Vestibule in / Princes Street 42 Details of Molding [sic] full size

Scale

(41-42) full size

Inscribed

41 as above, detail labelled (Soane): 6 inches (twice), Top of Architrave, 3:6¾ between the Arch[itra]^ves 42 as above, The Bank

Signed and dated

(41) L.I.F. Sepr 28: 1803 (42) July 20th 1803

Hand

(41) Soane office and Soane (42) Soane office

Notes

Drawing 41 is a design for the mouldings on the ceiling between the columns in the recesses. This drawing serves to show the section of the radius, which would have been executed as an incised circle surrounding a rosette. An alteration in Soane's hand shows a slight modification of the rosette.

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Drawing

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