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Reference number
SM D1/12/53
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[89] Plan of Mouldings for Piers & Arches / for Hall of Entrance, full size
Scale
full size
Inscribed
as above, labelled Rendering on Brickwork (twice), dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Plan of Moldings full size for Piers / & Arches in Hall of entrance
Signed: GD
Dated: Coleorton Hall Sepr 22d 1806
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber, pink, sepia and blue washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper, strip added (630 x 955)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Notes
The plan is as executed and corresponds to the mouldings shown on [SM D1/13/23] but here the pier mouldings are washed in raw umber - often used to indicate timber. The profiles of the mouldings have been pricked for transfer and the sheet is stained and dirty suggesting that it was used on site before being returned to Dance.
Verso
Plan and elevation of S part of Terrace next Winter Garden (drawn by Dance)
Scale: ¼ in to 1 ft
Inscribed: as above, Lady Beaumont's winter Garden and some dimensions given
Black and red pen, crimson and sepia washes, pencil
The plan form is as executed; the elevation shows an embattled parapet to the turret which, as restored after 1971, is plain.
The Winter Garden was planned by William Wordsworth who stayed, with his sister Dorothy, at Coleorton in the nearby Hall Farm during the winter of 1806. It was below the south wall of Dance's garden terrace and was planted with evergreens, spring and autumn bulbs and other early and late blooming flowers. Everything deciduous was excluded.
Dance may have lent a hand in the design for on the verso of a drawing for 143 Piccadilly, 1807-08 ([SM D4/10/10]) is a very rough plan of his landscape proposals that shows a circular carriage drive, terrace walls and turret and the winter garden to the south. Comparison with a plan reproduced by Anne Anderson ('Wordsworth and the gardens of Coleorton Hall', Garden History, XXII, No.1, 1994, pp.206-17, fig.1) shows some similarities with, for example, a 'bower' and 'alley' in the same positions.
See also the design for a Parapet for the Terras ([SM D1/11/19]) and the note to [SM D1/12/34].
Verso
Plan and elevation of S part of Terrace next Winter Garden (drawn by Dance)
Scale: ¼ in to 1 ft
Inscribed: as above, Lady Beaumont's winter Garden and some dimensions given
Black and red pen, crimson and sepia washes, pencil
The plan form is as executed; the elevation shows an embattled parapet to the turret which, as restored after 1971, is plain.
The Winter Garden was planned by William Wordsworth who stayed, with his sister Dorothy, at Coleorton in the nearby Hall Farm during the winter of 1806. It was below the south wall of Dance's garden terrace and was planted with evergreens, spring and autumn bulbs and other early and late blooming flowers. Everything deciduous was excluded.
Dance may have lent a hand in the design for on the verso of a drawing for 143 Piccadilly, 1807-08 ([SM D4/10/10]) is a very rough plan of his landscape proposals that shows a circular carriage drive, terrace walls and turret and the winter garden to the south. Comparison with a plan reproduced by Anne Anderson ('Wordsworth and the gardens of Coleorton Hall', Garden History, XXII, No.1, 1994, pp.206-17, fig.1) shows some similarities with, for example, a 'bower' and 'alley' in the same positions.
See also the design for a Parapet for the Terras ([SM D1/11/19]) and the note to [SM D1/12/34].
Level
Drawing
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