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 D2/3/8

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[141] Plan W and S elevations/sections, unfinished and details of mouldings, unfinished

Scale

¼ in to 1ft and 3 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen and blue wash, pencil on wove paper (670 x 1010)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

The room is 40 feet 9½ inches long excluding the alcoves. Dance faintly pencils in a naturalistic vine enrichment for the ceiling as well as waterleaf and egg-and-dart mouldings for the alcoves.

Level

Drawing

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