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[1] Design for the chapel, ?20-21 May 1801
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Reference number
SM 47/1/81
Purpose
[1] Design for the chapel, ?20-21 May 1801
Aspect
Perspective of the church with the new chapel from the south-east
Signed and dated
- probably 20-21 May 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, yellow ochre, blue and green washes within five ruled sepia wash border on wove paper (327 x 556)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward or Thomas Sword
Watermark
WL 1794
Notes
The first mention of the new chapel in the Soane Office Day Books is in an entry made on 20 May 1801. This perspective shows an early variant design for a plain new chapel from the south-east. It has a curved wall, butresses, battlements and two visible pointed-arched windows with Y-shaped tracery. Four variant designs were sent to Mrs Brocas on 22 May 1801.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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