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 D5/5/5

Purpose

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

Aspect

[202] Plan, Section & Elevation of / the great Nich head in Theatre / with the Masonry & iron chain bar

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above (on verso, Dance) and Royal College of Surgeons

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, sepia, yellow & raw umber washes, pencil on laid paper (650 x 410)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

The purpose of the 'iron chain bar' was to hold the arch in compression, preventing lateral movement from the half-dome of the niche.

Level

Drawing

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