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Reference number
SM D2/5/17
Purpose
Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14
Aspect
[87] Perspective/cross-section showing three floors and a lantern, and rough perspective and details including an elevation of a Greek Doric column
Scale
½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Staircase Ashburnham place and some calculations
Signed and dated
- 1813-14
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil on wove paper (845 x 585)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman 1810
Notes
Dance drew the section first and then, with a brush, dashed in a circular lantern over one with a hipped roof. An alternative treatment is tried out for the portico with one pair of columns on a pedestal with Doric amended to Ionic capitals.
NOTES ON [SM D2/5/40], [SM D2/5/29] and [SM D2/5/17]
This first design has the essentials of the executed design including the reverse imperial stair (that is, with a double lower run and single upper run) but, for example, coupled Ionic columns (washed in Indian red, perhaps to suggest porphyry, with black capitals and bases) are used for the north and south 'porticos' and a large, Classical frieze is shown above them.
NOTES ON [SM D2/5/40], [SM D2/5/29] and [SM D2/5/17]
This first design has the essentials of the executed design including the reverse imperial stair (that is, with a double lower run and single upper run) but, for example, coupled Ionic columns (washed in Indian red, perhaps to suggest porphyry, with black capitals and bases) are used for the north and south 'porticos' and a large, Classical frieze is shown above them.
Level
Drawing
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