Scale
bar scale of 1/17 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Establishment consists / of A Master Mr Allen 4 Rooms / Warden Mr Allen 3 Do / Minister Mr Smith 3 Do 1 Cellar / School Master Mr Julian 4 Do 1 Do / An Usher Mr Corry 3 Do 1 Do / Organist Mr Dowell 1Do 1Do / No. 6 Old Women 6 Do / 6 (sic) Old Men 12 Do / 12 Boys 2 Do / Butler 2 Do / Cook 2 Do / Scullery Maid 1 Do / House Maid 3 Do, with rooms labelled
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and rose pink washes and pencil, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (344 x 579)
Hand
George Allen Underwood (1793-1829, pupil 1807-1815) (Day Book entry for 5 June 1811)
Notes
The west (or 'left') wing of the College consists of single rooms for the six almswomen while the three-storey east (or 'right') wing has two rooms for each of six almsmen on the ground floor and on the two floors above are the double-height school room and rooms for the minister, school master, usher and servants. Located on the south side are the chapel, dining rooms and kitchen offices. The chapel was the only part of the College which was preserved. The plans of the chapel in the drawings show the buttresses projecting from its exterior.
Literature
F. Nevola, Soane's favourite subject: the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2000, pp. 14 & 171-172
Level
Drawing
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