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[21] Alternative design for railings, 1792
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Reference number
SM 71/3/8
Purpose
[21] Alternative design for railings, 1792
Aspect
Plan of area to be enclosed with block plans of Senate House on the right (north), (unbuilt) south wing (left) and plan of front wall of Stephen Wright's Library range, 1754-8, on the west side. To the east labelled Trumpington Street (twice), Saint Marys Church and Entrance (twice)
Inscribed
as above, No 2
Signed and dated
- February 1792
signed by Senate building committee: J. Postlethwaite V. Chanor / J. Smith / W. Elliston / T. Kipling / J Jowett / G.Borlase / W: Collier / Robt Tyrwhitt / T. Kerrich and John Soane Archt Gt Scotland Yard / Feb: 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, shaded with triple-ruled and black wash border on laid paper with four fold marks (467 x 586)
Hand
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Notes
Soane's office 'Ledger B' has an entry for 1 February 1792 ' No. 4 fair drawings of different designs for enclosing the Area of the Senate House'. Subsequent entries deal with repairs to the greenhouse in the Botanic Gardens and drains and paving. Other commissions for Cambridge buildings were for Gonville and Caius College and St John's College, 1792 (q.q.v).
The current railings correspond with the design show in SM 71/3/14.
The current railings correspond with the design show in SM 71/3/14.
Level
Drawing
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