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 D2/3/46

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[133] Half-plan of ceiling, elevation/section of lantern, detail of lozenge decoration and profiles of mouldings including waterleaf

Scale

½ in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

Enriched molding D / full size, Mouldings at H on the Plan full size, Part of Angular Pannels K, lettered C, D, H and K and (verso, office) Inside Draw^g, (cut, Dance) [p]rincipal Staircase and (faint pencil, Dance) Roy^l College of Surgeons / Portico / Details of foundation &c &c

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, blue and sepia washes, partly pricked for transfer, pencil on laid paper (845 x 670)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

A repeating lozenge pattern was a favourite of Dance's and he uses it here for the oblong panels at each end of the ceiling (on the underside of the beams) and for the base of the lantern.

Level

Drawing

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