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[40] Design for an Ionic column, architrave, and balustrade at the base of the tower, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
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Reference number
SM 54/6/24
Purpose
[40] Design for an Ionic column, architrave, and balustrade at the base of the tower, St Peter's, Walworth, London, January 1823
Aspect
Elevation and section of a detail of the west front. The base and capital of the Ionic column are shown in elevation, profile and section. Above the frieze is ornamented with fret. Above is the plinth of the balustrade with a section cut through the dado to show the half baluster, and finally, the cap at the corner of the cornice. The elevation has part of the flanking wall. There are some pencil additions such as a square at the roof level of the profile, and an ovolo design next to the Ionic capital in the elevation
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Newington Church / (Copied) July 1823 / Balustrade, Entablature, & Column of Portico / Portland / Bath / Bath Stone / Bath Stone / Portland / Bath Stone / York Stone / Bath / Bath Stone / York Stone / Portland / Portland and some dimensions given for the balustrade in pencil
Signed and dated
- January 1823
Lincoln's Inn Fields / Jan.y 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes of blue, pink, and yellow, pricked for transfer on wove paper (734 x 530)
Hand
Possibly Mee, Arthur Patrick (1802--1868), draughtsman
In the Office Day Books only Arthur Mee is recorded as working on Sections for the church in January 1823
Probably Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
Some of the letter forms such as the upper case N, and B with its curled tail are similar to entries in the Office Day Books for Burchell
In the Office Day Books only Arthur Mee is recorded as working on Sections for the church in January 1823
Probably Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
Some of the letter forms such as the upper case N, and B with its curled tail are similar to entries in the Office Day Books for Burchell
Level
Drawing
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