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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 D4/1/25
Purpose
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London. 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
Aspect
[32] Plan, elevation and section of room, 13 ft 1 in by 11 ft 8 in, with chimney piece and tripartite window
Scale
1 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
dimensions given and, on a plain horizontal tablet above the chimney-piece mantel, eight lines of (mostly illegible) verse that ends A Nation must be virtuous to be free
Signed and dated
- 1777, 1781-2, c.1794-1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, green earth and raw umber washes on thick wove paper (715 x 485)
Hand
Dance, office hand C
Notes
The internal wall elevation is washed, above the dado, in two kinds of green, the chimney-breast in a slightly bluer green than the flanking walls in a grey-green. The chimney-piece supports a framed and pedimented blank tablet flanked by volutes. The room dimensions seem not to correspond with any of Dance's plans for St Luke's Hospital and so the drawing may not belong here.
Level
Drawing
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