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Reference number
SM D2/8/14
Purpose
Lowther Castle, Westmorland, 1803
Aspect
[3] Entrance elevation
Scale
1/20 in to 1 ft
Signed and dated
- 1803
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, pencil on laid paper (280 x 440)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
(cut) and C Blauw IV
Notes
The elevation is drawn freehand in pen over pencil with sepia washes added.
The symmetrical battlemented front, which is 235 feet wide, has a three-storey centre with a lantern tower flanked by circular towers above a massive base one storey high. It is related to a north elevation by Dance among the Lowther Papers (Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle, L,11/6/2) reproduced in H. Colvin, J. M. Crook & T. Friedman, 'Architectural drawings from Lowther Castle Westmorland', Architectural History Monograph No. 2, fig.30a). It is not related to the plan catalogued here [SM D2/8/17] though it corresponds dimensionally to the faint half-elevation shown there.
For a very rough related elevation see Royal College of Surgeons, London [SM D5/1/15] verso.
The symmetrical battlemented front, which is 235 feet wide, has a three-storey centre with a lantern tower flanked by circular towers above a massive base one storey high. It is related to a north elevation by Dance among the Lowther Papers (Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle, L,11/6/2) reproduced in H. Colvin, J. M. Crook & T. Friedman, 'Architectural drawings from Lowther Castle Westmorland', Architectural History Monograph No. 2, fig.30a). It is not related to the plan catalogued here [SM D2/8/17] though it corresponds dimensionally to the faint half-elevation shown there.
For a very rough related elevation see Royal College of Surgeons, London [SM D5/1/15] verso.
Level
Drawing
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