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Legal Quays and Custom House, south of Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1796
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Reference number
SM D3/11/3
Purpose
Legal Quays and Custom House, south of Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1796
Aspect
[2] Unfinished elevation of a 9-bay warehouse 171 ft 4 in long
Scale
to a scale (1 1/10 in to 10 ft)
Inscribed
labelled Water of Dock (twice), 174 - 0 betwixt Water & Water of Docks and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1796
Medium and dimensions
Black and brown pen, pencil on laid paper (275 x 520)
Hand
Dance
Verso
Rough perspective of Legal Quays. Pencil, hatching. Dance's rapid drawing emphasises the block-like character of the warehouses that here seem startling modern with their suppressed roofs and piloti-like bases.
Notes
Five storeys, each 8 feet high with floors 2 feet thick, stand over an arcade in which each arch is 11 feet 4 inches wide and the piers 4 feet wide. Pediments are still retained and the design is a more fully worked out version of the warehouses in [SM D3/11/2] with some variations such as the uniform arcade.
Level
Drawing
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