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  • image SM D5/5/23

Reference number

SM D5/5/23

Purpose

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

Aspect

[215] Half-plan of dome and lantern (24 ft 4 in by 16ft 4 in) showing framing different from earlier designs

Scale

Scale ½ Inch to the Foot

Inscribed

as above, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Royal College of Surgeons / Plan of Roof of Theatre

Signed and dated

  • 1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, Indian red, yellow and sepia washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (395 x 620)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

Stone corbels have been introduced to support the elliptical timber plate and the closely spaced ribs (6 inches at the curb) are each of three 2 inch timbers.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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