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Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, c.1788-94
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Reference number
SM D3/3/7
Purpose
Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, Westminster, c.1788-94
Aspect
[1] Survey plan for library and circular stair (with third drawing room, lobby and powdering room) with Dance's outline design added and faint pencil sketch of Minerva bust
Scale
4/15 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
dimensions given and calculations
Signed and dated
- c.1788-94
Medium and dimensions
Pen and light red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper, (old) cloth backed (515 x 985)
Hand
surveyor, Dance
Notes
The brickwork shell of Robert Adam's unfinished library, and the plans of the adjacent rooms, are carefully measured and fully dimensioned. Dance's library plan, like Adam's, is in three parts but instead of Adam's proposed octagonal ends Dance has exedræ of 29 feet diameter, each with five semicircular alcoves, linked by a central gallery.
Level
Drawing
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