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St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
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- George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
Reference number
SM D4/1/3
Purpose
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
Aspect
[1] Elevation of Principal Front
Scale
1/14 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, (on building) St LUKE'S HOSPITAL and No2
Signed: (verso) six-pointed star and olive branch
Signed and dated
- 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, pencil, shaded, within double-ruled and wash border on laid paper (370 x 990)
Hand
James Gandon?
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Design A is for a two-storey building with basement, 41 bays wide, the centre and two pyramidally-roofed, three-storey pavilion ends emphasised by ground floor rustification. A cupola with clock and weather vanes rises over the five-bay centre. Most windows are semicircular-headed, set within blind arches and linked by continuous impost mouldings and, except for the basement, are of conventional height.
REPRODUCED. P. du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, fig.3-2; E. McParland, James Gandon Vitruvius Britannica, 1985, fig.26.
REPRODUCED. P. du Prey, John Soane, the making of an architect, 1982, fig.3-2; E. McParland, James Gandon Vitruvius Britannica, 1985, fig.26.
Level
Drawing
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