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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 D5/3/26
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[166] Cross-elevation/section towards apse showing decorative (and some structural) details, not as executed
Scale
Scale ½ Inch to the Foot
Inscribed
as above, some dimensions given and (verso, Dance) R C of Surgeons / Section across the Museum
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, yellow, raw umber and blue washes, shaded, pencil on laid paper (615 x 500)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Notes
The carefully finished section (with some pencil additions) shows glazed cupboards flanked by pilasters with ribbed, broad leaf capitals at ground floor and gallery level and includes decorative details that were not executed, such as a half-dome with coffering and vertical railings to the gallery. A bust rests on a bracket above a dark chimney-piece with lintel and reeded? jambs meeting at a roundel.
As executed, Hunter's old glass-fronted cupboards were re-used.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.58b.
As executed, Hunter's old glass-fronted cupboards were re-used.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.58b.
Level
Drawing
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