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 D5/5/10

Purpose

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

Aspect

[204] Plan with three beams, four curved secondary beams and 23 sole plates running N/S (that is, non-radial)

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

(verso, Dance) Royal College of Surgeons / Plan of Floor of Theatre

Signed and dated

1805-12

Medium and dimensions

Black and green pen, pink, yellow, raw umber and burnt umber washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (505 x 425)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

Pink wash distinguishes the masonry, raw umber the beams, yellow the curved secondary beams and a pale burnt (or raw) umber the sole plates. Green pen shows the gallery.

Dance concentrates in this and the following drawings ([SM D5/5/10], [SM D5/5/13], [SM D5/5/11], [SM D5/5/18], [SM D5/5/15]), on various solutions to the timber framing required for the floor and the support of the seating in the anatomy theatre. With a 426 foot run of benching and '18 inches [allowed] each person / if crowded' ([SM D5/1/10]), there was a capacity of 284 people which was quite a load. The stair to the basement with its need for headroom added a complication to the framing system.

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