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Church of St Bartholomew-the-Less, West Smithfield, City of London, 1789
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Reference number
SM D4/9/14
Purpose
Church of St Bartholomew-the-Less, West Smithfield, City of London, 1789
Aspect
[15] Plan of the Gothic Pillars & their bases / & the Mouldings of Archways and elevation of Cap of Gothic Pill(ar)
Scale
Scale 6 Ins to a Foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled including Plinth, Plaister (four times), Timbers and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, burnt umber, sepia and yellow washes, pencil partly pricked for transfer, on laid paper (980 x 595)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
The capital resembles an inverted saucer over a pair of annulets over an inverted cone, which is to say, Dance's version of Early English, and without the feathery, serrated leaf ornament sketched in on [SM D4/9/13]. J.P. Malcolm (Londinium Redivivum or an Ancient History and Modern Description of London, I, London, 1803, p.303) notes that the executed capitals were carved with the Prince of Wales's crest - that is, with ostrich feathers. Malcolm also wrote that 'The clustered columns, and pointed arches, in their intersections, are well imagined. Indeed, the whole inside is chaste and simple, and by very far the best attempt of modern days to imitate the Saracenic, Gothic style, I have seen.' Malcolm's use here of the term 'Saracenic' is intriguing. For Dance's use of Indian architectural elements see the note on the Guildhall, London [SM 18/7/13].
Level
Drawing
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