Study for the elevation of the north-west or south-west tower

WRE/6/1/6

c.1700–01

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

Pen and brown ink over pencil with additions in pencil. Laid paper. 38.4 x 25.0 cm. Watermark: Strasbourg lily WR

A neatly ruled elevation which develops the design in WRE/6/1/4. Drawn by Dickinson (stage 2). Datable, c.1700-01. Implied scale, about 5.7 ft to 1 inch. Dickinson’s hand is apparent in the pronounced central division between the leaves of the Corinthian capitals and the long tails on their abacus flowers; compare WRE/5/3/6. His study enlarges the lower drum of the peristyle in WRE/6/1/4 and adds a plinth beneath the bases of the columns (omitted from WRE/6/1/7 and 8).

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WRE/5/3/6, WRE/6/2/1