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St Luke 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 D4/1/22
Purpose
St Luke Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
Aspect
[30] Elevation of cell wall with lunette window and wainscoting, and joinery detail
Scale
¾ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, notes NB Each Pannel to be in one Breadth of Board only, ¾ inch deal Pannels not to be / Mulletted but to be rebated into the / framing, NB The Part of the Rail from a to b framed / lower in those Cills where the Shutters will cut / into the limitted height of the Wainscoting, labelled Rendering, Whole deal / framing and dimension given
Signed and dated
- c.1794-1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (355 x 275)
Hand
Carter
Watermark
Hayes and Wise 1799
Notes
A lunette window type had been used by the elder Dance in his design for the earlier St Luke's of 1750-1.
Level
Drawing
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