[1] Survey plan

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Lincoln's Inn Fields, the garden and adjoining buildings, 1812 (2)

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Reference number

SM 32/2B/1B

Purpose

[1] Survey plan

Aspect

General Survey Plan of Lincolns Inn Fields

Scale

bar scale of 10/12 inch to 50 feet (equivalent)

Inscribed

as above, Holborn Row, Mr Soane / Mr Soane (against 12 and 13 Holborn Row), Iron Railing, Gate S^t^r, Great Queen S^tr, Duke Street, The Surgeons / Theatre, Gree, Searles S^tr, Newman's Row, Iron Railing (twice), NSEW, Garden, Holborn Row numbered from 1 to 29, N S E W

Signed and dated

00/10/1812
L I F Oc^tr 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, light green, sepia and pink washes on laid paper (423 x 545)

Hand

George Bailey (1792 - 1860)
Pupil and assistant August 1806 - January 1837. By the same hand as a similar survey drawing [2].

Watermark

Phipps & Son / 1809 and fleur de lis within crowned cartouche and below, ornate PS

Notes

The 'Surgeons Theatre' relates to the RoyalL College of Surgeons, 41-42 (now 35-43) Lincoln's Inn Fields, built 1805-1812 by George Dance (1741-1825) and James Lewis (c.1751-1820). See J.lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) ... from the collection of SirJohn Soane's Museum, 2003, pp.159-193

Level

Drawing

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