Working drawing for the loggia, in Soane's hand, 14 July 1803

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Reference number

SM (38) volume 73/93

Purpose

Working drawing for the loggia, in Soane's hand, 14 July 1803

Aspect

38 Rough section and plan of the door between the loggia and the Princes Street entrance Vestibule; detail of cornice; (verso) rough plans and elevations of the loggia from the Waiting Room Court

Scale

full size and to a scale

Inscribed

38 as above, (Soane, pencil) Mouldings at large that have been / settled / Capitals to the Ionic Columns / of the Acct office &c to Collonade (sic) / Correct drawings / make the windows from / the Colonnade into the Acc^toffice 6:0 wide See old Section & plan I have (?)noted in pencil; and (Soane) dimensions; (verso, Soane, pencil) floor and dimensions

Signed and dated

July 14: 1803

Hand

Soane

Notes

Drawing 38 shows the loggia with Ionic columns. The note concerns changing the windows in the Accountants Office so as to be six feet wide. In the executed design, the columns are replaced with paired antae, as in drawings 39 and 40.

Level

Drawing

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