[56] Record drawing of a design for the ornamentation of the dome, 10 February 1804

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Reference number

SM volume 72/66

Purpose

[56] Record drawing of a design for the ornamentation of the dome, 10 February 1804

Aspect

Section of the dome as in SM volume 73/87; and detail of ball moulding

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

(sheet trimmed) Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 10^th 1804

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing, SM volume 72/65, SM volume 73/84 and SM volume 73/85 show a dome with an oculus at the top, as in SM volume 72/49. According to SM volume 72/49, the oculus opens into the attic storey and large windows in the attic would have cast light across the opening. SM volume 72/48 shows an alternative design for the oculus, with the attic partioned off so that the opening consists of nothing more than a shaded recess. The built Doric Vestibule did not have such an aperture.

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