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[8] Preliminary design, 18 December 1792
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Reference number
SM 37/2/1
Purpose
[8] Preliminary design, 18 December 1792
Aspect
Plan of kitchen buildings including the 'pastry' with courts (tinted blue) and proposed addition (tinted light red)
Scale
to the same scale (no bar scale)
Inscribed
St James Palace, Brestsummer, (Soane, pencil) A small Room for 2 Serjeants & 4 Corp[orals], Engine Court and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 18 December 1792
Gt Scotland Yard Decr 18th 179[2]
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, blue and light red washes with single ruled border on laid paper (442 x 335)
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Notes
New work is shown in pink/light red washes and consists of a rectangular addition 41 feet by 14 feet and with a fireplace added to a small existing room. Drawing [8] has a pencil amendment by Soane that turns the 41 foot-long wall into the bow realised on drawing [9]. (JL)
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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