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[23] Alternative designs for railings, 1792
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Reference number
SM 71/3/7
Purpose
[23] Alternative designs for railings, 1792
Aspect
East elevation of railings and lamps between the (unbuilt) south wing and Senate House with railings extending in front of both wings
Inscribed
No 3, Entrance (3 times)
Signed and dated
- 20 March 1792
No Senate building committee signatures. John Soane Archt Gt Scotland Yard / Feb: 1792 (24) (signed by Soane) John Soane / Great Scotland Yard Mar. 20th / 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and yellow ochre washes, shaded with single-ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (282 x 462)
Hand
Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)
Watermark
J Whatman
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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