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Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
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Reference number
SM D5/1/14
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[18] Plan of roof showing skylights, chimneys and pipes over the anatomy theatre and museum except for the N end
Scale
¼ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
labelled Skylight (five times), Pipe (six times), Well, highest part of Gutter (twice), Chimney / Shaft (twice), Ridge (seven times)
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, blue and pink washes, pencil on laid paper (485 x 680)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D&C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below
Notes
The skylights include a large elliptical one measuring 24 feet by 16 feet together with a small circular one over the anatomy theatre and two circular skylights 17 feet in diameter and a semicircular one with a radius of 10 feet over (part) of the museum. Arrows indicate fall and the blue (with a green tinge) wash of the roof suggests copper. The Royal College of Surgeons Building Accounts of 1806-10 include payments to Draper & Good, 'plumber & coppering'.
Level
Drawing
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