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Reference number

SM 62/4/4

Purpose

Surveys of candelabra made for James II's coronation banquet (Copy)

Aspect

Details of six candelabra (plans, part plans and elevations)
  • image SM 62/4/4

Scale

bar scales of 1 inch to 1 foot, 3/4 inch to 1 foot, 5/9 inch to 1 foot and 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen and yellow wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark, top right hand corner missing (568 x 821)

Hand

Office of Works

Notes

The chandeliers are not shown in the plates in Sandford's History of the Coronation of... James II. They are very plain in design - perhaps a reflection of the fact that they had to be produced quickly in time for the coronation.

Level

Drawing

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

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