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Reference number
SM D3/5/8
Purpose
33 Hill Street, Westminster, 1803
Aspect
[14] Section, plans and details of queen-post roof truss
Scale
Scale ½ Inch to the Foot (faint pencil)
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 1803
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber, burnt umber, sepia and yellow washes, shaded, pencil on wove paper (280 x 665)
Hand
Dance
Notes
Though not labelled Hill Street, the roof truss is the same span as that shown on [SM D3/5/20] and [SM D3/5/21] and must be an alternative design. As with other drawings for roof trusses by Dance, it is clearly and fully drawn with the different members distinguished by different washes and by shadows. David Yeomans (email, 19 July 2001) commented that 'what is interesting about this is the apparent use of iron fasteners at the feet of the queen posts'.
Verso
Rough elevation of a pyramid tomb and rough details of beams
Pencil
This is perhaps related to Dance's scheme for a monument to George Washington made in 1800; Dance began working on Hill Street from about 2 June 1803.
Verso
Rough elevation of a pyramid tomb and rough details of beams
Pencil
This is perhaps related to Dance's scheme for a monument to George Washington made in 1800; Dance began working on Hill Street from about 2 June 1803.
Level
Drawing
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