Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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  - Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14 (193). Survey drawings, alternative designs, designs and working drawings for alterations and additions, including the modelling of the principal front, a new staircase and for a garden bridge, for 3rd Earl Ashburnham

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Reference number

SM D2/5/15

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[99] Wall section and elevation/section of first and second floors and cove and frieze

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

lettered A to D and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, Indian red, raw umber, sepia, green earth and yellow washes, shaded on laid paper (665 x 515)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

This is a finished drawing that, in form, seems very close to the built design; the column and pilaster shafts are washed a mauve/Indian red with dark green with yellow (bronze) wash for the capitals and bases. The cornice of the elided (architrave-cornice) entablature is similarly washed in dark green and yellow (bronze). The triple-arched storey above is washed a yellowish stone colour, the cove and lozenge frieze above are not coloured in. C. Hussey ('Ashburnham Place, Sussex', Country Life, CXIII, 1953, p.1337) describes the 'massive yellow marbled Doric pillars' and 'yellow Sienna walls'. The dimensions of the columns (with capital and base) are 12 feet 9 inches high, with a 2 foot diameter at the bottom and 1 foot 8 inches below the necking; the elided entablature is a foot 6 inches high and 24 feet long.

See drawings [SM D2/5/14], [SM D2/2/21] and [SM D2/3/48] made for the scagliolist, Joseph Browne.

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Drawing

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