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[55] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Elevation front to lawn, 15 October 1789
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Reference number
SM volume 59/83
Purpose
[55] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Elevation front to lawn, 15 October 1789
Aspect
Elevation of the Front to the Lawn / at Bentley Priory
Scale
bar scale of 1/14 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Earl of Abercorn
Signed and dated
- 15 October 1789
Welbeck Street Octr 15th 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey and sepia washes within a single-ruled and pink wash border on laid paper (473 x 292)
Hand
Attributed to Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 - , pupil 1784-90)
attributed to John Sanders (1768 - , pupil 1784-90)
Watermark
sheet pasted down
Notes
Drawings 54 and 55 were presented with drawing 52 on 16 October and show the same design. The south front that faces the lawn has a raised projecting Ionic portico surmounted by a balustraded parapet centred between three bays on a three-storey elevation, with pedimented single-storey end bays attached at both ends. The pedimented ends have Doric columns in antis. The tribune entrance is inside the portico and between apsidal alcoves. The elevation is bisected by a heavy string course over the ground floor. A bracketed cornice crowns the third floor beneath the hipped roof. This design does not allow for a lantern over the round picture room.
Level
Drawing
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