Working drawings, 3-4 March 1808 (2)

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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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  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1352)
    - 1789-1808 Chimney-pieces for the Bank of England (19)

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Reference number

SM (13) 81/1/44 (14) 81/1/47

Purpose

Working drawings, 3-4 March 1808 (2)

Aspect

13-14 Elevation, plan and full size detail for a chimney piece

Scale

(13-14) bar scale and Mouldings full size

Inscribed

13 One Veined Marble Chimney & Slabs / to the above dimentions, (Soane) A must project before B 1/16 and some dimensions given 14 AAA & Black Marble / all the other veined marble_, Veined, Black (five times), two chimneys to these dimentions, A, A, A and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(13) Bank March 3 1808 (14) Bank March 4 1808

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawings 13 and 14 are evidently an original and a copy of the same working drawing. Both drawings show a simple frame with a four-petaled flower hastily sketched in pencil above the jambs.

Though the mouldings shown in drawings 13 are 14 are labelled 'full size', drawing 14 is much larger than drawing 13. It is possible that drawing 13 was a free-hand copy of drawing 14 but it seems more likely that the inscription on drawing 13 was an instruction to a pupil, to draw up the mouldings to full size.

Level

Drawing

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