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[14] Alternative design for elevations including entrance elevation, May 1793
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Reference number
SM 37/2/8
Purpose
[14] Alternative design for elevations including entrance elevation, May 1793
Aspect
No2, Design for Entrances into the Officer's Apartments &c having two round-arched doors, each with a pediment with a similarly arched base and a tympanum infilled by a keystone and voussoirs
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, St James's Palace, A Entrance for the Officers, B Entrance for the Soldiers
Signed and dated
- May 1793
(Soane's signature) John Soane Archt / (another hand) May 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, warm sepia, sepia, burnt umber and blue washes, shaded with quintuple ruled and burnt umber wash border on laid paper (266 x 435)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office
Soane office
Watermark
J Buttanshaw
Notes
Of Soane's alternative designs (drawings [9]-[10]) the semi-elliptical plan was chosen. The wall elevations [11]-[12] were plain with windows raised about six feet above the ground and with simple pilasters. Ornament was kept to what could be done with cannon balls. For the 'Entrances into the Officers Apartments', it is assumed that the location is (drawing [8]) on the righthand side and marked 'H' and 'Entrance for the Officers'. Soane offered a choice of ornament of which drawing [14] (design 'No. 2') with its striking proportions and Vanbrugh-like detail is the best. However, a simpler and more economical design (drawing [16]) was apparently built. (JL)
Level
Drawing
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