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  • image SM 71/3/11

Reference number

SM 71/3/11

Purpose

[2] Presentation drawing, July 1791

Aspect

The Plan of the Mezzanine Floor (verso, feint pencil, unrelated section)

Scale

bar scale of 2/11 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The University of Cambridge, rooms and voids labelled: Staircase to / Gallery / and Roof / &c, Water Closet, The Great Staircase, Chamber (twice), The upper part of / the Library, The upper part of / the Hall, The upper part of / the Great Lecture Room and Music Room

Signed and dated

  • July 1791
    Copy John Soane Archt July 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes on laid paper (542 x 755) with quadruple-ruled and raw umber wash border 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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