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 D1/3/10

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[141] Elevation of part of W wall showing chimney-piece with Gilt Frame looking Glass, flanked by bookshelves and painted panels and wall decoration

Scale

1 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Part of / Section of Library / shewing the chimneypiece &c / Stratton

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Brown and red pen, sepia, burnt umber and light red washes, pencil on laid paper (485 x 345)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below

Notes

Part of the frieze above the bookcases is shown on either side of the gilt-framed looking glass. The ground is grey (light sepia) and the dancing figures, picked out in light red wash and sepia washes, are Pompeian rather than Greek (as in the following design). (See the note on painted decoration in Appendix 1.)

The overall height from floor to cornice is 15 feet 9 inches.

Level

Drawing

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