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  • image SM D5/5/21

Reference number

SM D5/5/21

Purpose

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

Aspect

[221] Plan, elevation and sections of opening with four steps (quarter-turn with landing) in gallery, section through seating below

Scale

½ in to 1 ft and Scale 2in to the Foot

Inscribed

labelled First Riser to Fourth Riser (twice), Seat (twice), Gallery Floor (twice), Plan, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Section of Seats / in Theatre

Signed and dated

  • 1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow, pink and burnt umber washes, pencil on laid paper (520 x 640)

Hand

Dance

Notes

NOTES ON [SM D5/6/7] and [SM D5/5/21]
To reach the gallery, it was necessary to climb over the ten rows of benches on the main floor. Two breaks in the screen fronting the gallery were proposed on [SM D5/5/16] but amended to a single entry point on [SM D5/5/36]. The single opening, marked 3 feet 4 inches wide ([SM D5/6/7]) and 3 feet ([SM D5/5/21]), was stopped on either side by an acanthus console.

Level

Drawing

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