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Reference number

SM 67/3/7

Purpose

[221] Design for repairs to Wren's portico, 1818

Aspect

Chelsea Hospital, Elevation of Triglyph, Section of Cieling / in the Portico and Section thro' Pediment belonging to the central doorway

Inscribed

as above, labelled Chelsea Hospital, 2.9 / between and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • Feby 2d. 1818

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

1815

Notes

The Chelsea Hospital Board of Commissioners' minutes for the 25 June 1817 record that Soane was 'ordered to examine the Great Hall and the Vestibule as to the Repair thereof' and it is possible that these drawings are connected with those repairs.

Literature

Royal Hospital Chelsea: Board Minutes and Papers, January 1816-September 1818 (National Archives WO 250/377)

Level

Drawing

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