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[1] Copy of a working drawing for Doric columns and entablature, 19 December 1800
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Reference number
SM 80/1/30
Purpose
[1] Copy of a working drawing for Doric columns and entablature, 19 December 1800
Aspect
Plan of the Column / shewing the flutes, The Elevation, Section and two sections through the entablature
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot, A Full Size and C / full size
Inscribed
as above, Christopher Barnard Esqr, No 2, labelled: The line of the Floor, 1.7½, 1.3, c (twice), 10½ inches, 11 inches, 7 inches, b, a (twice), The line of the Ceiling, Line of the Ceiling, Face of / Pilasters, Capital of Pilasters (marked d d in drawing No 1) full size, b (twice)
Signed and dated
- 19 December 1800
(Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields Decr 19th 1800
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (686 x 560)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The use of the Doric order with 2/3 fluted columns and an entablature is unusual for an interior, especially an eating room. The sectional drawings show how the cornice was to marry up to the ceiling.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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