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Reference number

SM D4/2/4

Purpose

St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811

Aspect

[8] Principal (S) elevation and full size details of pediment, cornice, string courses and other mouldings to be executed in stone

Scale

1/7 in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

No11, mouldings labelled (most by Dance) Great Cornice A, a, full size, Moulding B, b full size, Moulding A which / crowns the Ground Floor, Moulding B at the bottom of / the Piers & Recesses of the / One pair of Stairs Story, Moulding F at the springing of the Arches / and Windows of the One pair of Stairs / Story, Moulding C wth Crowns the one pair of / Stairs Story, Moulding D at the bottom of / Piers & Recesses of the / Two pair of Stairs Story, Moulding G at the springing of / the Arches & Windows of the Two / pair of Stairs Floor, Cornice D, d full size and Moulding C, c full size
Signed: Geo: Dance and contract statement, signatures and date as [SM D4/2/1]

Signed and dated

  • 1781-2

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber and sepia washes, pencil, shaded, within single-ruled border on laid paper, two sheets joined, original cloth backing (730 x 2580)

Hand

see note after [SM D4/2/7]

Notes

The three floors of the south front of the two 17-bay wings have small lunette windows set within tall, blind semicircular recesses; the basement has semicircular-headed windows. The pedimented centre has semicircular-headed windows set in blind arches except for the upper floor where rectangular windows are set in recesses crowned by lunettes that light the attic.

Level

Drawing

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