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[1] Presentation drawing, July 1791
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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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