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Reference number
SM volume 76/77
Purpose
[139] Record drawing
Aspect
Pencil perspective of the north and west fronts
Inscribed
labelled (pencil) bottom
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing shows the north and west sides of the stables as well as the corner of the new Infirmary. Soane used blind arcading here again, the main feature of the stables, as Dean indicates 'symmetrically arranged arch-headed openings, all detailed in such a way as to create an appearance of general symmetry even if the exact disposition of doors and windows was uneven'. There are lunette windows on the two visible walls of the north-west corner (the loose box), only one of which is apparent on the previous elevations. The Infirmary has been erased and re-drawn further to the right.
Literature
P. Dean, 'The Royal Hospital Chelsea I- Pre-1815' in Sir John Soane and London, 2006, p.66
Level
Drawing
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