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[17] Design for roof of lobby
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Reference number
SM 33/3/B41
Purpose
[17] Design for roof of lobby
Aspect
Plan of the Lobby shewing the Groins with full size details of rib and moulding
Scale
to a scale and full size
Inscribed
as above, the Marquis of Buckingham - Stowe, The Ribs marked B B the the same as the larger Rib / in the cast from Henry 7th Chapel , The Rib a a the same as the smaller Rib, Moldings round the Window ccc / full size, labelled Staircase, Door, a b c e f and No3
Signed and dated
- 18/07/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields / July 18th 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen and red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (553 x 685)
Hand
The office Day Book has an entry for 18 July of Malton and Storace, that is Charles Malton (1788-?, pupil February 1802 - December 1809) and Brinsley John Storace (pupil April 1804 - February 1807)
Notes
'The Ribs marked B C the the same as the larger Rib / in the cast from Henry 7th Chapel' refers to the Henry V11 Chapel, Westminster Abbey from which a cast was acquired and drawings made by the office.
Groin: 'Arris formed by the salient between two intersecting vaults as in two barrel-vaults joined at right angles.' (J.S.Curl, A Dictionary of Architecture..., 2006)
Groin: 'Arris formed by the salient between two intersecting vaults as in two barrel-vaults joined at right angles.' (J.S.Curl, A Dictionary of Architecture..., 2006)
Level
Drawing
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