Elevation of two bays of the internal peristyle, close to the final scheme

WRE/5/3/7

c.1696–99

Sir Christopher (1632–1723) Wren, William (1671–1725) Dickinson

Pen and brown ink over pencil. Smooth laid paper. 38.6 x 25.5 cm. Watermark: Strasbourg lily WR

A detailed study, developed from the internal bay elevation (ii) on the left side of WRE/5/3/3. Drawn by Dickinson. Datable c.1696-99. Drawn scale, just over 4 ft to 1 inch (10 ft = 65.5 mm). The internal peristyle is almost exactly as built up to the top of the entablature; the attic was removed in the revision of c.1702; see WRE/5/3/9. The pilasters shafts were not carved with fluting. The scale bar at the bottom of the elevation has the comma-and-colon markings often used by Dickinson; see WRE/5/3/9. Wren used this convention in pencil-drawn scale bars; see WRE/2/2/7.

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