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 D5/2/2

Purpose

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

Aspect

[121] Plan at the level of the Museum Floor and basement, and faint rough details

Scale

¼ in to 1ft

Inscribed

as above, The Blue Colour denotes the Walls of the Basement, Flue (twice), dimensions given, (verso, Dance) Plan of part of / Museum, George Dance Esq^r (scribbled over), 18..9 Meat / 5..4 Bread / 6.3 Beer / 7 / [total] 30..11

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, blue, pink, raw umber and sepia washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (650 x 535)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Sepia wash indicates the existing party walls with Nos 41 and 43, a pale blue wash the plan at basement level, a pink wash the north apsidal end of the museum with the wall between the museum and the front room of No.42, and raw umber the already constructed north / south walls of the museum.

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Drawing

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