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Reference number

SM (109) 49/1/2 (110) 49/1/1

Purpose

Working drawings for an entablature based on the order of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Castor and Pollux) at Rome, September 1824 (2)

Aspect

109 Part of the Cornice 110 Part of the Cornice

Scale

(109, 110) (Full Size)

Inscribed

109 as above, Board of Trade, labelled: AA 110 as above, Board of Trade and Council Offices, labelled: AA, 5 5/8, Joint (twice), This W- (illegible)

Signed and dated

  • (109) Lincolns Inn Fields / 14th Sepr 1824 (110) Lincolns Inn Fields / 14 September 1824

Medium and dimensions

(109) Pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (540 x 750) (110) pen and pink wash, pricked for transfer on two sheets of wove paper, affixed, with one fold mark (623 x 995) with cover sheet for folder affixed

Hand

(109, 110) Stephen Burchell (1806-?, pupil 1823-28)

Watermark

(109, 110) Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

Drawings 109 and 110 show the lower and upper parts of the entablature respectively. Based on the elaborately decorated order from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the motifs include acanthus leaves, pine cones, lions' heads, bead and reel, egg and dart and waterleaf mouldings.

Level

Drawing

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