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 D2/3/43

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[168] Elevations and sections of five-petalled patera, lotus-bud and square leaf enrichments

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Cornice full size for best / Bedrooms one pair Floor / over Drawing room & Music room / Ashburnham Place / for M^r Bernasconi and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded, pencil, partly pricked and (verso) white chalk for transfer on laid paper (480 x 675)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below

Notes

The drawing room is shown on a plan ([SM D2/1/37]) as in the northeast pavilion next to the music room on the east front. A first floor plan ([SM D2/1/35]) shows a bedroom over the drawing room with a dressing room next to it.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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