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St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
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- George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
Reference number
SM D4/1/9, SM D4/1/10, SM D4/1/11
Purpose
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
Aspect
[12, 13 and 14] Ground floor plans and copies
Scale
1/14 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
dimensions given, ([SM D4/1/11] verso) St Luke's Hospital / Plan of Principal Floor and ([SM D4/1/9] and [SM D4/1/11]) Xd ('examined')
Signed and dated
- c.1794-1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil within single ruled border [SM D4/1/9 and SM D4/1/10] pricked for transfer on wove paper (655 x 995, 630 x 985, 655 x 1010)
Hand
See note to [SM D4/1/16] and [SM D4/1/17]
Watermark
([SM D4/1/9]) 1794 J Whatman, ([SM D4/1/10] 1801
Notes
These drawings correspond to the contract drawing of 1782 ([SM D4/2/2]) except that here the portal on to Old Street and the colonnade linking it to the front door of the Hospital are shown and so are the pavilion wings. These pavilions have rooms lit by large windows in the front and cells towards the rear. The north / south corridor in the pavilion is continuous with the broad east/west corridor of the centre and wings except where divided for the sexes.
They were drawn by two hands ([SM D4 1/9] and [SM D4/1/11] the same) and differ only in that, for example, [SM D4/1/11] is neither ruled nor lettered for cross-sections; rooms are not labelled on any of the floor plans ([SM D4/1/9], [SM D4/1/10], [SM D4/1/11], [SM D4/1/8] and [SM D4/1/7]).
REPRODUCED. C. Stevenson, 'Carsten Anker dines with the younger George Dance, and visits St Luke's Hospital for the Insane'. Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLIV, 2001.
They were drawn by two hands ([SM D4 1/9] and [SM D4/1/11] the same) and differ only in that, for example, [SM D4/1/11] is neither ruled nor lettered for cross-sections; rooms are not labelled on any of the floor plans ([SM D4/1/9], [SM D4/1/10], [SM D4/1/11], [SM D4/1/8] and [SM D4/1/7]).
REPRODUCED. C. Stevenson, 'Carsten Anker dines with the younger George Dance, and visits St Luke's Hospital for the Insane'. Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XLIV, 2001.
Level
Drawing
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