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[141] Record drawing, 1818
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Reference number
SM volume 60/124
Purpose
[141] Record drawing, 1818
Aspect
View of New Buildings at Chelsea Hospital
Inscribed
as above, labelled (Sketch for a Large Drawing)
Signed and dated
- 1818
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing includes Wren's main hospital buildings in the background and in the foreground, Soane's work: the new Stables, Infirmary and Clerk of Work's house. The view point is shown to be a high perspective, from the Paradise Row side.
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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