Scale
20 feet to 1 inch (in later hand, on separate attached sheet at bottom)
Inscribed
In brown ink in unidentified hand (?Hawksmoor) at top, King Charles 2.d Court / The Cellar Floor; and at bottom centre, by Hawksmoor, The Terrace Next ye Thames; and in graphite by Hawksmoor with identifying names and titles on plan: top left, Cellar / vaulted, kitchen / not vaulted, Lt Constable; and bottom left, Nothing, Captain, Cellar / Not vaulted (twice), vaulted, Nothing (?); and within plan, Atrium Carol 2s, and to right of plan, all vaulted, and with dimensions and room numbers on the plan, some altered; and with numbering of scale bar in graphite on left-hand side.
Signed and dated
- Undated, but datable c.1728
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink with grey wash; pen shading for wall on north side of site; on laid paper, laid down, with reinforcing strip added on right side and 50mm strip added at bottom, probably c.1735; 550 x 350.
Hand
Hawksmoor
Watermark
small fleur de lys; IV
Notes
This drawing was prepared with [11/4] to explore proposed adaptations and alterations to the fabric of the already enlarged buildings of King Charles II Court. It shows adjustments to the internal openings, partitions and staircases of the base wing within a ground plan which includes the north wing in its final form.
Literature
Not in Wren Society
Level
Drawing
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