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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 D5/9/18
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[63] Wall and railing plan, outline elevation of back front (Portugal Street) with spear-headed railings, rosette in lozenge panels and two lamp standards, and full size detail of panel with six-petal rosette
Scale
Scale ½ Inch to the Foot
Inscribed
as above, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Iron railings / Front in Portugal Street
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, blue and Indian red washes, pencil on laid paper, two sheets joined (665 x 1045)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw IV (twice) and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Notes
The railing, with gate in the centre, ran across the entire elevation guarding the ground floor windows and the entrance to the Great Niche. The Royal Academy lecture perspective made for Soane (SM drawer 18/7/17) shows the railing in this form.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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