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6 St James's Square, Westminster, c.1816
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Reference number
SM D3/7/12
Purpose
6 St James's Square, Westminster, c.1816
Aspect
[4] Front elevation, not finished
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Marquis of Bristol / 6 S. James' Square
Signed and dated
- c.1816
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash, pricked for transfer, trace lines on wove paper (390 x 265)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatma(cut)
Notes
This is a variant of [SM D3/7/10] in which all the windows (there are now three Diocletian windows in the attic) are of equal width and equally stressed and without the aediculed emphasis of the centre. In this elevation, a controlling 'grid' or 'module' can be seen most clearly in, for example, the window panes and the relation between the pilasters (coupled at the ends), which are the same width as the side lights of the windows. Faint pencil trace lines run through the centre of the windows. Except for the arched Diocletian windows of the attic storey and the faintly drawn capitals (with broad, ribbed leaves shown also in [SM D3/7/9] the elements of windows and pilasters are severely ruled in. The strongly vertical character of the elevation in which mullions and pilasters line up is modified only by string course, entablature and cornice.
Level
Drawing
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