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Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
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Reference number
SM D5/4/16
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[52] Plan and elevation of pilaster capitals, and faint rough perspective
Scale
1½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
No6 of these Caps to Pilasters / in Portugal Street, labelled Stucco (twice) and Face of Bernasconi [sic], dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Royal College of Surgeons / Cap of Pilasters / back front Portugal Street
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and sepia washes, pencil, shaded on laid paper (340 x 475)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
WR below
Notes
The pilaster capitals have three plain, circular bosses and are similar to those used for the Hall of Entrance at Stratton [SM D1/4/62]. Kalman (p.222) notes a possible source as the pilaster order of the Temple of Bacchus of Myus, near Miletus, published in Society of Dilettanti, /Antiquities of Ionia, II, 1797, plate XXXV, figure 2.
Francis Bernasconi (1762-1841) was the master plasterer and stuccoist for both contracts, his name appearing in the Royal College of Surgeons Accounts from 1807. For further information on Bernasconi, see Appendix 4.
Francis Bernasconi (1762-1841) was the master plasterer and stuccoist for both contracts, his name appearing in the Royal College of Surgeons Accounts from 1807. For further information on Bernasconi, see Appendix 4.
Level
Drawing
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