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Wall decoration from the Galilee Chapel of Durham Cathedral
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SOURCE: Henry Shaw. The encyclopedia of ornament (London, 1842), pl. 28 NOTES: This late Romanesque chapel was built in c. 1175-1180 by Bishop Hugh le Puiset at the west end of the cathedral, forty years after the completion of the main building.
Plan and profiles of a Corinthian modillion or ornamental bracket
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SOURCE: Batty Langley. The builders compleat chest-book (London, 1738), plates vol., pl. XIV
Design for a decorative circular ceiling panel with drawings showing ornamental relief pattern details
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NOTES: From the Moulton-Barrett Volume (p. 196), a volume of originals and tracings of office drawings collected by Octavius Barrett during the time he worked in Barry's office.
Designs for alterations to the premises of Thompson & Fearon, 94 Holborn Hill, London, creating a 'gin palace': front and side elevations of bracket of cornice between the second and third floors
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NOTES: Wine merchants Thompson & Fearon are said to have opened the country's first 'gin palace' here in their premises in Holborn. The design of such establishments greatly influenced that of later pubs and bars.
Design for a patera and decorative panel for the great west door of the chapel, Old Royal Naval College (Royal Naval Hospital), Greenwich, London
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NOTES: William Newton was responsible for the detailing of the chapel during its rebuilding, following a disastrous fire in 1779.
Designs for ceiling decoration for the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College (Royal Naval Hospital), Greenwich, London: detail showing a quarter of a panel of scrolled foliate decoration (not as executed)
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NOTES: William Newton was responsible for the detailing of the chapel during its rebuilding following a disastrous fire in 1779.