[33] Copy of a working drawing for estimates of the 'finishing'

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  - Norwich, Norfolk: Norwich Castle Gaol: survey, design, working and record drawings for Norwich City Corporation, 1788-1792 (57)

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Reference number

SM 73/3/51

Purpose

[33] Copy of a working drawing for estimates of the 'finishing'

Aspect

Elevation of the Iron Casements, N^o 11 (as SM 73/3/37)

Scale

Scale 3 Ins to a foot

Inscribed

as above, Norwich Castle and as (or very close to) related drawing SM 73/3/37

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light blue washes, shaded, some hatching on cartridge paper (aprox 665 x 540)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Several sets of detail drawings for the 'finishing' would have been made for tendering by various tradesmen. Soane's office 'Day book 1791' has an entry under Norwich Castle for 2 May: 'copying working draw^gs/ of Ironwork &c' Chawner' and 'Wiliams / Blogg'. Another entry for 3 May 1791 has: 'Norwich Castle / Chawner / Blogg / Meyer / Williams ... drawing the work^gdraw^gs/ which are this day sent'. Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1789-1796) and Frederick Meyer (1777-?, pupil 1791-9) were pupils, William Blogg (1761-?) an improver who was employed in the office for just four months and Williams may have been Richard Williams a clerk from 1789 to 1803.

It would have been important to the Norwich City Corporation to know the costs for the project and the finishing - because of the scale of the works - would have been extensive. See general note for costs.

Level

Drawing

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