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  • image SM volume 69/14

Reference number

SM volume 69/14

Purpose

[58] Site progress record drawing, made by J.M. Gandy on site, October 1798

Aspect

View of the east side of Lothbury Court under construction

Signed and dated

  • Bank Octbr 1798

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy (1771-1843)

Watermark

Buttanshaw 1794

Notes

This drawing is in J.M. Gandy's large-sized sketchbook. Gandy was hired as an assistant in January 1798. He specialised in perspective views for Soane. Many of the drawings in the sketchbook were developed into larger, more formal drawings.

The drawing is of the east side of the Court under construction. The arches of the Consols Transfer Office can be seen in the background. The south side of the Court was not built until 1801.

Level

Drawing

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