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  • image SM volume 66/15

Reference number

SM volume 66/15

Purpose

[1] Presentation drawing, July 1791

Aspect

The Plan of the Principal Floor

Scale

bar scale of 2/11 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The University of Cambridge, rooms labelled: The Porters Lodge, Closet to Library, The Staircase / and Vestibule, The Registry (twice), The Hall, The Lecture Room / and / Library, The Great Lecture Room / and / Music Room and dimensions of heights given (the principal rooms are 21 feet high)

Signed and dated

  • July 1791
    Copy John Soane Archt July 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black and sepia washes with cut-down border (lower edge) on laid paper (492 x 698) with quadruple-ruled and raw umber wash border (cut-down) and with one fold mark

Hand

Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)

Watermark

Portal & Bridges, fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and GR below

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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