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St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, City of London, 1791-5
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Reference number
SM D4/8/4
Purpose
St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, City of London, 1791-5
Aspect
[4] Plan showing Gibbs's Great Court in block form with Dance's Surgeons Theatre on axis with the W. Wing, and with ground floor plan of proposed Laboratory, Consultation / room, Shop, Drug room and Herb room to the S and Treasurers Stable and Coach House, Stands and Carpenters Shop to the W
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, dimensions given and (verso, pencil) St BH
Signed and dated
- 1795
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, blue, green earth and pink washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (710 x 1090)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent 1789
Notes
The 1789 watermark of this drawings of interest to paper historians since it is an early dated Whatman watermark. For a note and a still earlier example see St Bartholomew-the-Less (SM D4/9/10]).
Level
Drawing
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