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Theatre Royal, Beauford Square, Bath, 1804-5
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Reference number
SM D3/8/7
Purpose
Theatre Royal, Beauford Square, Bath, 1804-5
Aspect
[8] Cross-Section looking toward the Gallery, sketch upward view of gallery and boxes, and rough details of mouldings and of lattice decoration
Scale
¼ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Verso
Rough part plan of ceiling with rough profiles of mouldings
Inscribed: (Dance, red pen) sums that add up to paid 60.5, due £145.16.6
Pencil
Dance's usual fee was 5 per cent of the building cost which would make it £4,121.10s, though he did, not of course, design the whole of the building but only the 'architectural' elements.
Signed and dated
- 1804-5
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia, burnt umber, yellow and blue washes, pencil, hatching on laid paper (450 x 630)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D&C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below
Notes
The section shows the columns supporting the balconies; the upper tier having columns with slender tree trunk shafts supporting leafy capitals and spandrels - all to be gilded.
Level
Drawing
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