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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  - 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 D5/3/35

Purpose

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

Aspect

[193] Cross-elevation/section

Scale

¾ Inch / to the Foot

Inscribed

as above, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Large Section / of Theatre

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink, raw umber and yellow washes, pencil on laid paper (635 x 895)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

[SM D5/5/36], [SM D5/5/34], [SM D5/5/35] are a set of finished drawings probably made for presentation. Here, the elliptical theatre measures 37 by 29 feet and is interrupted at its north end by a circular demonstration area 11 feet in diameter of which the back half (projecting beyond the ellipse) is a framed niche with a semicircular dome. Walls and coved ceiling have an ashlar (presumably plaster) finish and the general effect is grave and dignified.

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Drawing

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