Scale
Scale 1½ Inches to the Foot
Inscribed
as above, Plan of Portland Stone Plinths of Arched Vestibule for Carriages, labelled including Center point of Arched / Vestibule for Carriages / & Portal, Line through the middle of the sides of Arched Vestibule for Carriages, Front Wall of the House, Line through the middle of the Front Door of the House, Window, Front Door of the House and dimensions given
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Black, red and blue pen, mauve, blue, Indian red, sepia, raw umber and yellow washes, pencil on wove paper (645 x 1205)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent 1809
Notes
To make his drawings legible, Dance uses colour washes in an individual way that would become standardised by later 19th century office practice. A dull Indian red is used for the existing front wall of the house; sepia, pale blue and 'mauve', that is, pink washed over with blue, denote the three plan levels of the piers and walls; raw umber was used for the wooden front door and, with a yellow wash hatched, for the porte-cochere sash window that was three panes wide. A blue ink is used for centre lines and also for the openings to the house, red ink outlines the foundations and black ink is used for everything else though a black/brown ink and a coarse pen are used for inscriptions.
See also the notes on second thoughts and colour washes in Appendix 1.
Level
Drawing
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