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
- Prison, courts and a lunatic hospital (5)
  - St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811 Competition design (by an unidentified architect), preliminary design by James Peacock?, contract drawings, specification and drawings of building as executed (32)

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Reference number

SM D4/1/14 and SM D4/1/13

Purpose

St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811

Aspect

[21 and 22] Back (N) elevation and copy

Scale

1/14 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

dimensions given, ([SM D4/1/14] verso, pencil) S. Lukes Hosp^l/ rough Elevⁿ of / North Front, ([SM D4/1/13] verso, pencil) S^t Lukes Hosp^l/ Elevatⁿ of North Front / Compleat

Signed and dated

c.1794-1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on wove paper (650 x 980, 630 x 985)

Hand

See note to [SM D4/1/16] and [SM D4/1/17]

Watermark

([SM D4/1/14]) 1795 J Whatman ([SM D4/1/13]) E&P 1801

Notes

These drawings correspond to contract drawing [SM D4/2/5] except, of course, for the pavilion wings omitted there. Here, the rear of the pavilions are shown with a window, 13 feet 6 inches wide and three storeys high, crowned by a pediment. With the large lantern, the pavilion ends would have been very well lit and ventilated.

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