[63] Designs for stained glass

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  - Stowe, Buckinghamshire: design for library for 1st Marquis of Buckingham, 1805-6 and later unexecuted designs (80)
    - Library
      - Stained glass windows and folding doors

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Reference number

SM 33/3/10

Purpose

[63] Designs for stained glass

Aspect

Elevations of two windows

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

The Marquis of Buckingham, Design No1, Design No 3, and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

17/07/1806
Lincolns Inn Fields / July 17: 1806

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, yellow and green washes, pencil on laid paper (566 x 678)

Hand

Soane office
No relevant entry in the Soane office Day Book for 17/7/1806.

Notes

The windows takes the general form of four lancets with trefoil heads under a shallow arch. Alternative designs for stained glass are shown on two of the window panels. Each has a latticed background and three images. These include the Crucifixion and seem inappropriate for a library and were not executed.
See also drawings [30] and [31] for designs for a window.

Level

drawing

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