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Reference number
SM D3/14/5
Purpose
Paul, Cornwall, 1797
Aspect
[20] THE ELEVATION OF PRINCIPAL FRONT
Scale
1/10 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, Line of present surface of ground (twice) and Bottom of Footings 6 Feet 6 inches below the present surface
Signed and dated
- 1797
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, raw umber, green earth and blue washes, watercolour technique, within single ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on laid paper (315 x 490)
Hand
Dance
Notes
Presentation drawing
The elevation is framed by trees and set in a landscape with a cloudy sky. Interestingly, the title is sanserif capitals, outlined in sepia and washed with green earth watercolour.
The principal front is flat except for the corner piers and centre bay (crowned by a pediment), which advance less than a foot. The tall, narrow windows are unadorned, except for voussoirs, and the upper ones are fronted by simple X window guards. Dance draws in the chimney stacks and the lanterns that light the stairs and rise above the roof like ungainly sheds, features rare in a presentation drawing where the functional necessities are usually glossed over.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.76b; D. Stillman, 'The Neo-Classical transformation of the English country house' in The Fashioning and functioning of the British country house, edited by G. Jackson-Stops, catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, fig.10.
The elevation is framed by trees and set in a landscape with a cloudy sky. Interestingly, the title is sanserif capitals, outlined in sepia and washed with green earth watercolour.
The principal front is flat except for the corner piers and centre bay (crowned by a pediment), which advance less than a foot. The tall, narrow windows are unadorned, except for voussoirs, and the upper ones are fronted by simple X window guards. Dance draws in the chimney stacks and the lanterns that light the stairs and rise above the roof like ungainly sheds, features rare in a presentation drawing where the functional necessities are usually glossed over.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.76b; D. Stillman, 'The Neo-Classical transformation of the English country house' in The Fashioning and functioning of the British country house, edited by G. Jackson-Stops, catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1990, fig.10.
Level
Drawing
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