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[4] Design for the principal west front of St John’s, Bethnal Green, 25 May 1825
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Reference number
SM 59/10/5
Purpose
[4] Design for the principal west front of St John’s, Bethnal Green, 25 May 1825
Aspect
Elevation of the principal west front of the church, of five bays, with windows at nave and gallery level, and three doors. The front is divided by six giant pilasters with accentuated capitals. Above are the base and a two-tiered tower with shuttered louvre and clock face, supporting columns with caps and pinecone finials, surmounted by a dome and finial. On the left of the tower is a faded pencil design possibly for the neck of a column and a capital
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
some measurements and calculations
Signed and dated
- 25 May 1825
(in pencil) May 25th / 1825
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, red pen, pen wash, Payne’s grey, sepia, stone and yellow, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (526 x 362)
Hand
Probably Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book for 25 May has Burchell and Davis working on designs for for a church in the parish of Bethnal Green
Probably Edward Davis (1802 - 1852), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book for 25 May has Burchell and Davis working on designs for for a church in the parish of Bethnal Green
The Soane Office Day Book for 25 May has Burchell and Davis working on designs for for a church in the parish of Bethnal Green
Probably Edward Davis (1802 - 1852), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book for 25 May has Burchell and Davis working on designs for for a church in the parish of Bethnal Green
Verso
Faded pencil designs for an unknown subject
Watermark
SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1817
Level
Drawing
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