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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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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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) (226). Survey drawings, preliminary designs, design and working drawings

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Reference number

SM D5/6/11

Purpose

Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)

Aspect

[20] Plan of anatomy theatre (with 12 rows of benches) and museum (except its N End) at various levels from the foundations to the framing of the roofs, and sections of basement and cross-section of theatre

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled Basement Floor, Floor of Museum, dimensions given, calculations and (verso) General / Plan of Museum / & / Theatre

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Black, red and blue pen, sepia, pink, yellow and blue washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (900 x 770, top left-hand corner cut)

Hand

Dance, office

Watermark

James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent (1801)

Notes

The section through the anatomy theatre shows a cadaver on an elegant tassa-like dissection table.

Level

Drawing

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