[50] Presentation drawing, c. late August 1809

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Public buildings
  - London: Royal Hospital, Chelsea for the Board of Commissioners, 1807-1835 (226)
    - Infirmary, August 1809 - November 1810, April - July 1818 and c.1833 (88)

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Reference number

SM 67/5/25

Purpose

[50] Presentation drawing, c. late August 1809

Aspect

Perspective of the south front, with a balcony

Inscribed

labelled "Batter'd with War, in many an hard campaign, / Tho' the maim'd Soldier quits the martial plain, / Fancy restores him to the Battle's rage, / and temporary youth inflames his age. / Again he fights the foe, counts o'er his scars. / Tho' Chelsea now the seat of all his Wars, / And fondly hanging on the lengthened tale, / Re-slays his thousands ._"

Signed and dated

datable to c. late August 1809

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows the south front, facing the river, at the position suggested by SM 67/5/19 and SM 67/5/18. Wren's West Court can be seen in the background. As with SM 67/5/22, SM 67/5/23 and SM volume 77/50, the design indicates a continuous balcony and shows the pensioners using it for exercise. There is also a sheltered area underneath, protected by a colonnade, for exercise in bad weather.

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Drawing

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