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  • image SM D2/4/1

Reference number

SM D2/4/1

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[192] Ashburnham crest and four preliminary designs for details: (i) elevation of parapet with Venetian crenellations related to Design F (ii) variant elevations of three cappings to turrets, two bell-shaped (Indian) and one octagonal, with vase and roses terminations

Scale

3 in to 1ft? and to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and sepia wash, shaded; (details) pen and sepia wash, pencil on four pieces of laid paper stuck on to laid paper (245 x 205 to 65 x 54 on 545 x 750)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

(backing sheet) Edmeads & Pine and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and GR below

Notes

The rays of gold supporting the pearls of an earl's coronet are quite similar in form to Venetian crenellation, a decorative motif found in Dance's work.

Verso
Incomplete plan of foundations? of an unidentified building
Inscribed: dimensions given
Pen, pencil

Level

Drawing

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