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[8/6] Finished design for the plan of the upper peristyle of the dome of the chapel, derived from the quarter-plan, [8/4]
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Reference number
SM volume 109/69
Purpose
[8/6] Finished design for the plan of the upper peristyle of the dome of the chapel, derived from the quarter-plan, [8/4]
Aspect
Plan at level of column shafts of upper peristyle
Scale
Just over 10 feet to 1 inch (5 feet = 4 19/20 inches)
Inscribed
In brown ink at top right by C19 hand, 69.
Signed and dated
- Undated, but datable 1711
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over graphite under-drawing and construction lines on laid paper, pasted on left side (bottom side in volume) by compiler of volume to right side of [8/4] (109/70); early stitch holes on top side, where sheet is now pasted to book guard; 347 x 322
Hand
John James
Watermark
Small fleur-de-lis; CDG
Notes
This drawing, showing the plan of the dome peristyle derived from the quarter-plan [8/4], was prepared at the same time as [8/5], using identical drawing techniques and scale bar convention, although the scales themselves differ slightly.
Literature
Downes 1979, cat. no. 341 Wren Society, VI, pl. 40 (centre right)
Level
Drawing
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