[17] Design for roof of lobby

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Stowe, Buckinghamshire: design for library for 1st Marquis of Buckingham, 1805-6 and later unexecuted designs (80)
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      - Designs and working drawings for the lobby

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Reference number

SM 33/3/B41

Purpose

[17] Design for roof of lobby

Aspect

Plan of the Lobby shewing the Groins with full size details of rib and moulding

Scale

to a scale and full size

Inscribed

as above, the Marquis of Buckingham - Stowe, The Ribs marked B B the the same as the larger Rib / in the cast from Henry 7th Chapel , The Rib a a the same as the smaller Rib, Moldings round the Window ccc / full size, labelled Staircase, Door, a b c e f and N^o3

Signed and dated

18/07/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields / July 18^th 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen and red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (553 x 685)

Hand

The office Day Book has an entry for 18 July of Malton and Storace, that is Charles Malton (1788-?, pupil February 1802 - December 1809) and Brinsley John Storace (pupil April 1804 - February 1807)

Notes

'The Ribs marked B C the the same as the larger Rib / in the cast from Henry 7th Chapel' refers to the Henry V11 Chapel, Westminster Abbey from which a cast was acquired and drawings made by the office.

Groin: 'Arris formed by the salient between two intersecting vaults as in two barrel-vaults joined at right angles.' (J.S.Curl, A Dictionary of Architecture..., 2006)

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Drawing

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