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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: Decr 12th 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.
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.
Level
Drawing
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