Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, labelled Apothecarys Shop, Carpenters Shop, Carpenters / House, Stand (three times), Coach house, Treasurers Stable, Dead House, Engine and plots labelled with leaseholders' names, amount of rent and expiry dates, some dimensions given, triangular areas lettered A to N and (partly in Dance's hand) table calculating areas of triangles
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red, blue and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (665 x 995)
Hand
John Manning (surveyor)
Watermark
J Whatman 1794
Notes
This drawing corresponds more or less to [SM D4/8/1] though it shows a greater area including a block plan of the hospital with James Gibbs's south east and west buildings. Most of the leaseholders' names (except for Smith and Smallpiece whose leases were due to expire in 1803 and 1816) differ from those shown for the same plots in [SM D4/8/1]. The plan does not include Dance's Surgeons Theatre of 1791 and a roughly triangular area to the southeast is blocked in and washed as though to represent existing structures that include the building inscribed above. In [SM D4/8/4], Dance's proposed laboratory, drug room and others are on this site.
Level
Drawing
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