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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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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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) (226). Survey drawings, preliminary designs, design and working drawings

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Reference number

SM D5/4/26

Purpose

Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)

Aspect

[107] Section of the Cornice full size

Scale

full size

Inscribed

as above, Royal College of Surgeons, Portico, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Royal College of Surgeons / Portico / Great Cornice full size Signed: GD

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber and pink washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (665 x 1025)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D&C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

For the cornice, Dance uses in ascending order: fillet, astragal, cyma reversa, fillet, corona and an unusual segmental convex moulding (not quite an ovolo) with a quirk below and above. The cymatium is omitted.

Level

Drawing

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