[124-127] Record drawings of elevations (4)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: official (mostly domeless) designs, July 1794 - February 1795 (134)

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Reference number

SM (124) volume 66/13 (125) volume 66/14 (126) volume 66/7 (127) volume 66/6

Purpose

[124-127] Record drawings of elevations (4)

Aspect

124 Three alternative River (east) elevations of nine bays 125 Three alternative River (east) elevation of seven bays 126 Flank (south) elevation of 15 bays 127 Flank (south) elevation of 17 bays

Scale

(124, 125) bar scales of 1/20 of an inch to 1 foot (126, 127) to a scale

Inscribed

(124, 125) (pencil, later hand) Design for The New House of Lords 1794 (126) (pencil, later hand) Design for House of Lords / principal front 1794 (127) (pencil, later hand) Design for House of Lords / Principal Front towards Abingdon St 1794

Medium and dimensions

(124, 125) Pen, raw umber and sepia washes, shaded with quadruple-ruled and black and sepia wash border on wove paper (702 x 506) bound into volume 66 pp. 13, 14 (126, 127) pen and sepia wash, shaded on wove paper (702 x 506) bound into volume 66 pp. 7, 6

Hand

(124) Thomas Jeans (c.1775-1866, pupil August 1792-25 August 1797)

Watermark

(126, 127) Edwards & Pine, crowned cartouche with fleur-de-lis and below, GR

Notes

In drawing 124 the middle elevation corresponds with drawing 64 and in drawing 125 the top and middle drawings correspond with drawings 67 (top) and 68 (middle). Drawing 126 is the same as drawing 116 (volume 62/6) which is also a copy of a missing elevation while drawing 127 is close to drawing 117 (another copy of a missing elevation) but without the parapet and sculpted figures on the three bays at each end.

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