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Reference number
SM volume 41/75 verso
Purpose
[51] Record copy of designs for capitals for the first floor
Aspect
Capital to Columns and pilasters of Bed Chamber Floor
Scale
full size and not given
Inscribed
as above, Plan of Capital / of Column, Capitals to Pilasters / full size labelled Egg & tongues, Capital of / Column / full size / To be executed to / this Size if / the diam[ete]r of / the Column is / 1 foot, if more / to be kept to / this proportion, cornice labelled Square, Capital of Columns labelled Put the / Leaf you / have and / flutes above, Sq[uar]e, Round and Pilaster Capital labelled To range with top of Necking
Signed and dated
- Sent to Pearce May 27th 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture ' SM volume 41
Hand
John Sanders (pupil 1 September 1784-90) (52-55) John McDonnell (pupil 18 March 1786-1791).
SM volume 41/75 verso, SM volume 41/77 recto, SM volume 41/77 verso, SM volume 41/78 recto and SM volume 41/78 verso are record copies of designs for which the original drawings have mostly not survived.
SM volume 41/75 verso, SM volume 41/77 recto, SM volume 41/77 verso, SM volume 41/78 recto and SM volume 41/78 verso are record copies of designs for which the original drawings have mostly not survived.
Watermark
fleur-de-lis
Notes
The (column) capital has short waterleaves (gently curling at the top) clasping a fluted bell and is derived from plate XLIX of Robert Adam's Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro', 1764, though with plainer leaves, less frond-like than those of Adam. A photograph (Soane Museum green box files) shows that the design was executed.
Level
Drawing
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