Theatre Royal, Beauford Square, Bath, 1804-5

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Public buildings (3)
  - Theatre Royal, Beauford Square, Bath, 1804-5 (15). Designs for the Beauford Square front and for the interior for John Palmer

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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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