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 D5/3/22

Purpose

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

Aspect

[168] Alternative elevation for treatment of sculpture over chimney-piece

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, Indian red and sepia washes, shaded, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (225 x 250)

Hand

Dance

Notes

A bust stands on a stepped pedestal resting on a chimney-piece plainer than the preceding example. The bust, pedestal and chimney-piece are now more integrated. The Accounts for 1813 state 'Black Marble chimney-piece in Museum' at a cost of £128.7.3¼ (RCS Archive, Account ledger 1806-1813); however, each of Dance's designs ([SM D5/3/26], [SM D5/3/24] and [SM D5/3/22]) shows a black chimney-piece and it is not known which was the executed design though perhaps [SM D5/3/22] pricked for transfer, was carried out.

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Drawing

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