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[85] Site record drawing, 9 October 1810
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Reference number
SM volume 76/12
Purpose
[85] Site record drawing, 9 October 1810
Aspect
View of part of the New Infirmary at Chelsea Hospital (west wing)
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 9th Octr. 1810
Hand
Soane office
Notes
The foundations were laid from June 1810, after the Board of Commissioners had (finally) approved the design. Progress views were being made throughout September and October 1810.
Literature
W. Godfrey (ed.), Survey of London: volume 2: Chelsea, part 1, 1909, pp. 3-8
Level
Drawing
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