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[27] Design A for entrance elevation
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Reference number
SM 35/4/14
Purpose
[27] Design A for entrance elevation
Aspect
Elevation of the Entrance Front Design A with plan of wall and portico and wall section
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Reymundo Putt Esqre and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 19/11/1811
Novr 19th 1811
Medium and dimensions
Pem sepia and pink washes, shaded, pricked for transfer, on laid paper (443 x 580)
Hand
George Basevi (1794 - 1845)
Pupil December 1810 - June 1816.
Pupil December 1810 - June 1816.
Notes
The front has a portico with eight Ionic columns on a semicircular plan and the end bays are each framed by two pairs of lesenes and a pediment. A lesene is 'A pilaster without base or capital. Also called a pilaster-strip' (J.Lever & J. Harris, Illustrated dictiionary of architecture, 1800-1914, 1993)
Level
Drawing
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