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[142] Presentation drawing, c. 1818
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Reference number
SM P387
Purpose
[142] Presentation drawing, c. 1818
Aspect
A view of the new buildings forming the principal alterations and additions in the / establishment of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea particularly those / noticed in the Champion [newspaper] of the tenth and twenty fourth of September MDCCCXV
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- datable to c.1818
Hand
J.M. Gandy
Notes
This drawing shows a very similar aspect to SM volume 60/124 and is probably a worked up presentation drawing of the latter. The same buildings are shown but with the addition of figures: a Pensioner walking along Paradise Row next to the Infirmary wall, a figure turning into the stable road and a horse entering the gate. This perspective also shows two Infirmaries - the north and south fronts - the latter above and in a fictional position. The Secretary's Offices can also be seen, though the work on the structure must still have been going on at this stage. The drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818 (No.908)
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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