Working drawing for the balustrade, September 1824

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Reference number

SM (114) 49/1/20

Purpose

Working drawing for the balustrade, September 1824

Aspect

114 Detail of Mouldings of the Balustrade over the Columns

Scale

(Full Size)

Inscribed

as above, Board of Trade, labelled: The Balusters 2f^t 6 inches high

Signed and dated

Sep^r 24 1824 / Lincolns Inn Fields

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pink wash, (verso) pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (749 x 535)

Hand

David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27)

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

Drawing 114 shows a section through the die stone of the balustrade. The mouldings are asymmetrical - this is because the rear of the die stone cannot be seen and is therefore less ornate. The balusters are 2 feet 6 inches high. On the verso of drawing 114 is a pencil measured drawing of an octagonal pulpit. An entry in the Soane office Day Books for 24 September 1824 has Charles Richardson 'about drawing of the Pulpit of St Bride's Church', although that pulpit was hexagonal (q.v. SM volume 54/37).

Level

Drawing

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