Record drawings of Thellusson & Co.'s counting house (house No. 2), October-November 1810 (7)

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  - London: New Bank Buildings, Princes Street, City of London, 1807-10 (115)

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Reference number

SM (92) volume 71/1 (93) volume 71/2 (94) volume 71/4 (95) volume 71/5 (96) volume 71/3 (97) volume 71/6 (98) volume 71/7

Purpose

Record drawings of Thellusson & Co.'s counting house (house No. 2), October-November 1810 (7)

Aspect

92 Plan of Mess^rs Thelluson & C^o's Counting House 93 Section of Mess^rs Thelusson & C^o's Counting House on the line AB 94 Section of Mess^rs Thelusson's Office on the line CD 95 Section of Mess^rs Thelusson's Office on the line EF 96 Section of Mess^rs Thelusson's Office on the line GH 97 Section through ceiling and lantern showing timbers 98 Part plan of roof showing timbers

Scale

(92-96) bar scales of 5/16 inch to 1 foot (97, 98) to a scale

Inscribed

92 as above, labelled: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and dimensions given 93 as above, labelled: Stone (twice) and dimensions given 94 as above and dimensions given 95 as above and dimensions given 96 as above, labelled: Stone (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(92) Oct^r 4^th 1810 (94) Fin^d Nov^r 10^th 1810 (95, 96) Nov^r 10^th 1810

Medium and dimensions

(92) Pen and pink wash on laid paper (390 x 240) (93) pen, burnt Sienna, sepia, yellow and pink washes on laid paper (240 x 390) (94-96) pen, burnt Sienna, sepia, blue, yellow and pink washes on laid paper (203 x 323, 240 x 390, 240 x 390) (94) affixed to volume 71, p. 3 (97) pen, sepia, yellow and pink washes on laid paper (240 x 390) (98) pen, sepia and yellow washes on laid paper (240 x 390)

Hand

(92-98) Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793-1872, pupil 1807-14) and John Buxton (pupil 1809-14)

Watermark

(92, 93, 96) fleur-de-lis (94) Fellows 1809 (95, 97, 98) EF 1807

Notes

Robert Chantrell, John Buxton, George Underwood and George Bailey all made drawings of Thellusson & Co's counting house in October and November 1810, although the lack of inscriptions makes it difficult to identify exactly who made the drawings in volume 71. The titles on drawings 91-95 are in Chantrell's hand, though, and there are entries in the Soane office Day Books for 31 October - 2 November recording Buxton drawing a 'plan of [the] timbers of Messrs Thelussons counting house', which could refer to drawings 97 and 98.

The lantern is no longer square but circular (cf. drawings 74-76), 10 feet 6 inches in diameter, and sits on top of a shallow-domed roof.

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Drawing

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