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 D4/1/20

Purpose

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

Aspect

[31] Sectional elevation of One Side of one of the Cells

Scale

¾ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, Rim of window fir 5 by 5 in⁵ / Sill --- Oak 5 by 4 in⁵ / Munions --- for 3¼ by 3 in⁵ / Semicircular Shutter ¼ thick / framed Bead and flush both Sides / Double window board whole deal / Doors of double deal in 6 parts / Bead and flush both Sides / Wainscoting squared work whole deal / framing & ¼ Inch deal pannels / Iron bars 1 in Square / D^o to wicket 7/8 by ½ Inch & frame to Do 7/8 by breadth of Bead / Locking Bar to opening over Door 2½ by ½ in and Rendering (twice) Signed: (faint pencil) A copy ex^d GD

Signed and dated

c.1794-1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen, gamboge yellow and light red washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (270 x 380)

Hand

Carter

Watermark

J Whatman

Level

Drawing

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