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Reference number

SM 67/3/6

Purpose

[222] Design for repairs to Wren's portico, 1818

Aspect

Chelsea Hospital / Section of the Portico now re- / pairing

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled (pencil) Inch / Iron and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • (pencil) HB, February 1st- 1818

Hand

H. Burges (pupil 1817-1820)

Notes

The Chelsea Hospital Board of Commissioners' minutes for the 25 June 1817 record that Soane was 'ordered to examine the Great Hall and the Vestibule as to the Repair thereof' and it is possible that these drawings are connected with those repairs.

Literature

Royal Hospital Chelsea: Board Minutes and Papers, January 1816-September 1818 (National Archives WO 250/377)

Level

Drawing

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