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 D2/5/1

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[129] Side elevation of console, as executed, rough elevations and perspective

Scale

full size

Inscribed

(verso, Dance) Plans & Sections &c of Principal Stair Stone Stairs & Staircase Ashburnham Place

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper, one strip added (660 x 1270)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

The consoles that supported the staircase gallery had acanthus (or 'raffle leaf') decoration with five-petalled rosettes at the eye of each scroll; honeysuckle had been added, in pencil, to the spandrel.

See [SM D2/5/6] for note.

Level

Drawing

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