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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 D5/7/3
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[67] Plan of N wall and portico, and elevation of front crowned by balustrade and with Ionic portico and urns
Scale
¼ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SVRGEONS (in frieze)
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, raw sienna and pink washes, shaded, pencil on wove paper, old back board removed (510 x 580)
Hand
Lewis
Watermark
J What (cut) 180 (cut)
Notes
This is a re-drawing of [SM D5/7/6], though here the basement railings are shown and the sculptured figure of a woman holding a baby and standing next to a serpent-entwined pillar (Charity and Medicine?) in a central niche is omitted. The two doors have cornices supported by brackets and moulded architraves with incised panelled pilasters.
Like the following two drawings, this (except where noted) is not by Dance and is assumed to be by James Lewis. There is an elevation inscribed 'copy' of a further variant design, again in Lewis's hand and signed and dated (as is [SM D5/1/9]) 'Wm Long / 7 June 1810' (RCS Library, catalogue, 1960, No.299). Long was the chairman of the Building Committee and the minutes for that date record that Dance and Lewis produced a 'plan of a front' which was approved and signed' (RCS Building Committee Minute Book). The approved design conceals the attic behind a parapet, has a balustrade and urns over the portico and two front doors and circular fanlights inset into the raised semicircular arch over the door.
Like the following two drawings, this (except where noted) is not by Dance and is assumed to be by James Lewis. There is an elevation inscribed 'copy' of a further variant design, again in Lewis's hand and signed and dated (as is [SM D5/1/9]) 'Wm Long / 7 June 1810' (RCS Library, catalogue, 1960, No.299). Long was the chairman of the Building Committee and the minutes for that date record that Dance and Lewis produced a 'plan of a front' which was approved and signed' (RCS Building Committee Minute Book). The approved design conceals the attic behind a parapet, has a balustrade and urns over the portico and two front doors and circular fanlights inset into the raised semicircular arch over the door.
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Drawing
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