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[29] Designs for doors for St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, September 1826
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Reference number
SM 47/5/22
Purpose
[29] Designs for doors for St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, September 1826
Aspect
Elevations and plans of four of the double-doors for the church. The first on the left has twelve panels, that to the right has twenty-eight panels, the next to the right has twenty-four panels, the last on the right has eight panels. Each door has a corresponding section underneath. Above on the right is a section showing the mouldings for the door panels
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot; full size
Inscribed
Bethnal Green Chapel XXI/25 / One of the side Doorways. West / Stone / 11/4 deal / Principal Doorway West / Stone / 11/4 deal / Plaster / Plaster / Stone / Principal Internal Doorway West / Stone / Door to the Body of the / Church & to the Galleries / Mouldings of Door Pannels (Full size) and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- September 1826
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on wove paper (726 x 525)
Hand
Probably Mocatta, David Alfred (1806--1882), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book throughout September 1826 have Mocatta drawing designs for doors for St John's, Bethnal Green, the only month anyone is recorded as specifically working on these elements
The Soane Office Day Book throughout September 1826 have Mocatta drawing designs for doors for St John's, Bethnal Green, the only month anyone is recorded as specifically working on these elements
Watermark
SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1823
Notes
The drawing can be compared in terms of composition with the door designs for Holy Trinity, Marylebone (SM 54/3/21, 23)
Level
Drawing
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