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[58] Design for gallery showing the timbers at St John’s, Bethnal Green, July 1826
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Reference number
SM 47/5/17
Purpose
[58] Design for gallery showing the timbers at St John’s, Bethnal Green, July 1826
Aspect
Plan of the gallery for the church of five-by-nine-bays with the front end bays indicating internal staircases, with two projections at the rear. The left side of the gallery has the risers indicated, and the rear projection has a metal roof with a skylight. The left side shows the timber arrangements for the floor of the gallery and the rear projection
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
Bethnal Green Chapel XVI/25 / Plan shewing the Timbers of the Galleries &c. / 3” Rubbed York Paving in Courses / For the Scantlings of these timbers / See drawing No. 9 / Skylight. / capped. / Skylight. / capped and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 20 July 1826
20th. July 1826
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash, coloured washes of Cerulean blue, brown, orange, pink, dark pink and yellow, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (725 x 525)
Hand
Probably Soane Office, draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Books for July 1826 record Burchell, Mocatta and Richardson as working on drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
The Soane Office Day Books for July 1826 record Burchell, Mocatta and Richardson as working on drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
Watermark
SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1823
Level
Drawing
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