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Reference number

SM (28) 11/3/52 (29) 11/3/56

Purpose

Designs for ground floor of houses Nos 3 & 4, September 1807 (2)

Aspect

28 No. 3 New Bank Buildings / Design for the Principal Floor 29 Design for the Principal Floor of Nos 3 & 4 New Bank Buildings

Scale

(28, 29) bar scales of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

28 as above and dimensions given 29 as above, labelled: No 3, No 4, Area (twice), A (twice), B (twice), AA Doors / BB Arched Recesses and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • (28) Sepr 19th 1807 (29) 30th Sepr 1807

Medium and dimensions

(28) Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (646 x 481) (29) pen, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (453 x 583)

Hand

(28) James Adams, jnr. (1785-1850, pupil 1806-09) (29) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

(28) A Stace

Notes

Drawing 28 is similar to an an earlier design (drawing 24); both have the same bowed projection at the rear, although in the earlier drawing the staircase is geometric, whereas in the later drawing it is open newel. Drawing 29 has parallels with drawings 26-27, as the rear projection is canted.

Level

Drawing

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