Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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  - Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07 (186). Survey drawings, preliminary designs, presentation design not as executed, revised design and working drawings for reconstruction for Sir Francis Baring Bart

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Reference number

SM D1/4/8

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[127] Plan, section and elevations of Egyptian Chimney piece for Hall of Communication / Stratton Park

Scale

2 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above and dimensions given
Signed: GD
Dated: Dec^r 12^th 1804

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Black and brown pen, sepia and pink washes, watercolour technique on wove paper (425 x 545)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

1794 J Whatman

Notes

The chimney-piece has reverted to a width of 5 feet 10 inches at shelf level. In this final design, the pylon-like form is kept.

Dance's interest in Egyptian forms seems to have first shown itself in about 1790 with his design for a chimney-piece for the library of Lansdowne House, London. It is seen most strongly in the unexecuted designs for a pyramidal monument to George Washington, 1800, fleetingly in a design for the Theatre Royal, Bath c.1804 ([SM D3/8/3] verso) and also in the unexecuted variant designs for a monumental entrance to a park.

Farington noted in his diary (18 December 1807) that 'Sir Francis is an Advocate for His friend, the late Marquiss of Lansdowne' so that it may be supposed that Baring saw the Egyptian chimney-piece designed by Dance for Lord Lansdowne's library and perhaps asked for something in the same style.

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Drawing

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