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Reference number
SM D1/13/26
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[96] Section through ground floor, gallery, lantern and queen-post roof
Scale
¾ Inch Scale to the foot (on verso)
Inscribed
as above, Section of Polygonal Hall, dimensions given, calculations and (verso, Dance) Coleorton / Section of Polygon Hall
Signed: GD
Dated: Coleorton April 12th 1805
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen, yellow, burnt umber, pink and Prussian blue wash, pencil on laid paper, two sheets joined (890 x 670)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw, and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below, and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Notes
The drawing differs from the executed design in some details, for example, pseudo-four-centred arches on the gallery instead of three-centred arches. Otherwise it is close to as executed.
Verso
Rough perspective of vaulting corbel,
not executed
Pencil
Verso
Rough perspective of vaulting corbel,
not executed
Pencil
Level
Drawing
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