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Reference number

SM 77/2/19

Purpose

[72] Working drawing for the roof timbers, 30 April 1795

Aspect

Section of partition No 2 in the first and attic storeys; (verso) section through the house showing a preliminary design for the tribune

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot; (verso) bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, One Pair & Attics, William Praed Esqr, lettered A to D (some twice) corresponding to key: AA Pieces to support the Plates // B End of Hip // CC Feet of Rafters // DD The Nutts of the Bolts / to be let into the Quarter and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • April 1795
    Copy Lincolns Inn Fields April 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and yellow and pink washes on wove paper with one fold mark (678 x 505)

Hand

Soane office

Level

Drawing

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