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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 D5/5/9
Purpose
Royal College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, Camden, London, 1805-12 (with James Lewis)
Aspect
[194] Plan of circular demonstration area and front two rows of benches, and section through benches
Scale
½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
some dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Theatre
Signed and dated
- 1805-12
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, blue, raw umber and sepia washes, pencil on laid paper (510 x 630)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Notes
A railing (pencilled in on [SM D5/5/36]) with two gates is proposed behind the second tier of seating. The minutes of the Building Committee for 15 May 1809 record that the 'Chairman be requested to communicate / with the architects respecting a Rail of Separation in the / Theatre for the accommodation of the Master Governors and Court of Assistants' (RCS Archive, Building Committee Minute Book). It seems that the apprentice surgeons had to be separated from the rest.
See [SM D5/9/8] for full-size details.
See [SM D5/9/8] for full-size details.
Level
Drawing
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