[50] Finished drawing for the organ, St Peter's, Walworth, London, 16 February 1824

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Reference number

SM 64/1/9

Purpose

[50] Finished drawing for the organ, St Peter's, Walworth, London, 16 February 1824

Aspect

Plan of the organ at the bottom with the towers at the front. Elevation of the organ with a step leading to the console area with a cornice above. On top is the pipe arrangement of flats and the towers. The pipes are partially exposed within the casement. The flats rest on a semi-circular and segmented base, and are secured at the top behind a series of suspended arches with pine-cone finials on the bottom. The towers rest on protruding bases from the cornice below, and are capped by pipe shades in the form of a scrolled pediment with pinecone finial. Between the towers is a band of Vitruvian scrollwork and above the flats at each end is a band. The central pediment is scrolled with a more elaborate finial in the centre. Each end has a pine-cone cap. Above is an arch, and an arc in hatched lines crosses the organ at pipe level

Scale

bar scale of 5 ³/₅ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Newington Church. / Elevation of the front of the Organ (verso) This issue of the plan reffered to by in a Contract drawing date the 17th- day of February / 1824 [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] between us the undersigned / Arthur Grail [_ _ _ _ _] Howard England / Rob: Bayen / [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] / Nick Graham / Cha^s Aisager / [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] / [_ _ _ _ ] Conway / John Fair / Edw Jones / [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]

Signed and dated

16 February 1824
16^th.. Feby 1824.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, coloured washes of brown, yellow, and pink within double ruled borders, pricked for transfer on wove paper (543 x 371)

Hand

Possibly Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
The Office Day Book for 16 February 1824 has both Papendiek and Mocatta working on drawings for the organ at St Peter's
Possibly Mocatta, David Alfred (1806--1882), draughtsman
The Office Day Book for 16 February 1824 has both Papendiek and Mocatta working on drawings for the organ at St Peter's

Verso

Faded pencil marks, possibly a plan for roof timbers

Notes

This is a slight variant of SM 61/1/10.

Level

Drawing

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