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[11] Design for the principal front of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1820
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Reference number
SM 54/3/10
Purpose
[11] Design for the principal front of Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, 1820
Aspect
Elevation of a church of five bays with a four-columned front in the Doric order with a three-door entrance behind. The end bays have rectangular windows with console-hood mouldings and recessed panels beneath. On the roof above the entrance is a plinth with a clock face and sculpture panels, above are volute capitals with pinecone finials, and between them is a drum topped by a round dome surmounted by a pinecone finial
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- September 1820
This is a front elevation of SM Vol 60/192 and as that is drawing from the same perspective as SM 54/3/4-5, and SM 54/3/7 and so dated accordingly to September 1820. This is the only other double-dome drawing and so should be placed with the other around this date
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, sepia ink and brown wash, on wove paper (511 x 332)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
An variant of the drawing can be found in the V&A collection (No. 3307.32), but the end bays have wreathed clock-faces above the window, the central door is taller than those on either side, and a Dicoletian window is on the square base for the dome, Being part of this same scheme, it means the V&A drawing should be dated to 1820 as well.
Literature
Carr, 1976. vol. II, p. 351; vol. III, p. 825 fig. 140
Du Prey, 1985, p. 73 Cat. No. 226
Du Prey, 1985, p. 73 Cat. No. 226
Level
Drawing
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