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  • image SM D4/8/5

Reference number

SM D4/8/5

Purpose

Church of St Bartholomew-the-less, West Smithfield, City of London, 1789

Aspect

[5] Plan of the Church of St Bartholomew with the / proposed alterations and rough details

Scale

1/6 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, labelled Part of the present Church / proposed to be taken down, Vestry, Vestibule, Stairs to / Patients / Galleries, Steeple and (verso) Saint Bartholomew's / New Design

Signed and dated

  • 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and burnt sienna washes, pencil within single-ruled border on laid paper (530 x 360)

Hand

Dance

Notes

The old work is washed in sepia, the new in burnt sienna.

Level

Drawing

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