Site progress drawing and record drawings of Manning & Co.'s counting house (house No. 3), October 1810 (5)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Bank of England
  - London: New Bank Buildings, Princes Street, City of London, 1807-10 (115)

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Reference number

SM (99) volume 71/14 (100) volume 71/8 (101) volume 71/9 (102) volume 71/10 (103) volume 71/11

Purpose

Site progress drawing and record drawings of Manning & Co.'s counting house (house No. 3), October 1810 (5)

Aspect

99 Interior perspective View of Mess^rs Anderton & Mannings Counting House 100 Plan of Mess^rs Manning & C^o Counting House 101 Section of Mess^rs Manning & C^o Office on the line AB 102 Section of Mess^rs Manning & C^o Counting House on the line CD 103 Section of Mess^rs Manning & C^o Counting House on the line EF

Scale

(100-103) bar scales of 5/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

99 as above 100 as above, labelled: A, B, C, D, E, F and dimensions given 101 as above and some dimensions given 102 as above and some dimensions given 103 as above and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(99) GU (George Underwood), Taken Oct^r 11^th 1810 (100-103) Oct^r 15^th 1810

Medium and dimensions

(99) Pen, sepia, brown madder, yellow and blue washes with a double ruled sepia and black wash border on laid paper (210 x 236) affixed at corners to volume 71, p. 14 (100) pen, pink and yellow washes on laid paper (240 x 390) (101-103) pen, sepia, burnt Sienna, yellow and blue washes on laid paper (240 x 390, 240 x 390, 240 x 390)

Hand

(99) George Allen Underwood (1793-1829, assistant 1807-15) (100-103) Thomas Lee (1794-1834, trial improver 1810)

Watermark

(100-102) EF 1807 (103) fleur-de-lis

Notes

Drawing 99 is a site progress drawing made before the roof and lantern had been completed, taken from the east (Princes Street) side of the new office. The roof timbers match those shown on drawing 100. Thomas Lee, the draughtsman who made drawings 100-103, was only briefly in the Soane office from July to November 1810. He was taken on trial as an improver but was not articled and later joined the office of David Laing, another former Soane pupil.

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Drawing

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