[66] Design for the entablature of the altarpiece, St Peter's, Walworth, London, c.1825

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Reference number

SM 54/6/39

Purpose

[66] Design for the entablature of the altarpiece, St Peter's, Walworth, London, c.1825

Aspect

Elevation of details of the entablature for the altarpiece. The central areas show square panels, and banded work at one side. The architrave has a beed-and-reel motif, and above the cornice has ogee and dart moulding. On the right-hand side there is a putti mask shown in left profile, with a wing emanating behind. The tympanum has ogee and dart decoration within. On the left-hand side, the putti mask is shown frontally with the wings covering its neck and framing its face up to the ears. The putti is placed between two anthemion caps. There are some pencil sketches within the panels, with a Vitruvian scroll in the centre panel

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Entablature of Altar Piece - Full Size. S^tPeters Church Walworth.

Signed and dated

c.1824-1825
Lincolns Inn Fields datable to perhaps July 1824 or January 1825, in accordance with SM 54/6/37 and SM 54/6/38

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, and wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (715 x 535)

Hand

Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book for 12-14 July 1824 records Stephen Burchell as producing drawings for the altarpiece at Newington Church

Verso

faint pencil sketch of a beam and arch, some measurements given

Notes

Winged putti masks were also used on the later altarpiece for St John's Bethnal Green (SM 47/5/31; SM 47/5/33; SM 47/5/36). They also appeared in a perspective for the interior at Holy Trinity, Marylebone, dated to 19-20 October 1824, where they would adorn the exterior panels of the reading desk and pulpit (SM 54/2/9-10).

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