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Reference number

SM D1/10/6

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[26] W or entrance elevation with very faint pencil additions by Dance

Scale

1/8 in to 1 ft

Signed and dated

  • 1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, raw umber, blue and Indian red washes, shaded, watercolour technique, pencil, within triple ruled and wash border on wove paper (495 x 735)

Hand

neat printed office hand, Dance

Notes

This was drawn by an office hand with neat inscriptions and labelling (cf [SM D1/1/11], SM D1/1/10], [SM D1/1/7], [SM D1/4/50]) with some faint pencil additions by Dance. The masonry of [SM D1/10/6] is rendered in the romantic, rain-streaked fashion first introduced in England by John Yenn and William Chambers.

Level

Drawing

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