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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 D4/1/24 and SM D4/1/23
Purpose
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811
Aspect
[27 and 28] Plan, quarter-elevation labelled (another hand) Outside and Inside, section and joinery details and copy, of window.
Scale
Inch Scale and 6 Inch Scale (another hand)
Inscribed
as above, (another hand) Yellow Xnia Deal, dimensions given and ([SM D4/1/24] verso, pencil, Carter) St Lukes Hospl / Drawing of one of / the Great Winds / N Side of Galleries
Signed and dated
- c.1794-1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (both 485 x 365)
Hand
Carter
Watermark
(both) J Whatman 1794
Notes
Comparison with signed drawings by James Carter suggest that these two identical drawings (and others following) are by him. The design of the window type that lit the galleries on the north side is ingenious: the lower half is glazed and fixed while the upper half consists of two parts - a fixed grille on the outside with a matching, sliding, glazed window on the inside.
Level
Drawing
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