[62] Design for details of the east and north ceilings of the nave, Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, August 1824

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    - Designs for mouldings and ceiling elements for Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, August 1824 (2)

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Reference number

SM 54 /2/ 20

Purpose

[62] Design for details of the east and north ceilings of the nave, Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, August 1824

Aspect

Section of details of ceilings of the nave. The astragal and ornament of SM 54/2/19 runs along the bottom. Above on the left-hand side is a triangular bracket framed by masonry at the top and bottom. Above and to the right-hand-side, the stonework continues with an indication of where to place fret decoration. On the right-hand side, the north part shows the astragal band running across and beneath an arched-headed window set back into a stone surround with a downward slanting inner sill. The window is framed on three sides by moulding with an indication of the fret design to be placed on the bottom edges and the top right-hand side edge. A vertical centring is used for the window

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design for a Church proposed to be erected in the Parish of St. Marylebone. / Section of One Half of the Ceiling over the Nave / of the church. looking East / Section of part of the Ceiling of the Nave looking towards the North. / (See Cornice Fullsize No. 23) / Mouldings as A / Frette / Frette 8” face / Frette 8” face / Frette / Frette 8” face / Frette / No.. 24

Signed and dated

August 1824
Lincolns Inn Fields. / August 1824.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of cerulean blue, brown, grey and pink, and pricked for transfer on wove paper (745 x 525)

Hand

Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
Burchell is recorded in the Office Day Books at various times in August 1824 as drawing ornaments for the plastering at Marylebone Church
Possibly Mocatta, David Alfred (1806--1882), draughtsman
Mocatta is recorded in the Office Day Books at various times in August 1824 as drawing ornaments for the plastering at Marylebone Church
Possibly Richardson, Charles James (1806--1871), draughtsman
Richardson is recorded in the Office Day Books at various times in August 1824 as drawing ornaments for the plastering at Marylebone Church

Watermark

SMITH&ALLNUTT / 1820

Level

Drawing

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