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  • image SM 43/9/8

Reference number

SM 43/9/8

Purpose

Finished design for east elevation

Aspect

Elevation

Scale

5 feet to 1 inch

Inscribed

Faintly in graphite by Hawksmoor with dimensions in feet and inches for the right-hand and central openings and their architraves, and between the central window and the arch in the tympanum.

Signed and dated

  • 1711-12

Medium and dimensions

Laid paper, laid down on wove paper, watermarked 1821; 319 x 419 mm

Hand

Nicholas Hawksmoor

Watermark

Watermark: Strasbourg Lily / 4 / WR; countermark: IV

Notes

A finished design for the east elevation, developed from the middle elevation in 1, above, and drawn at four times the scale.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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